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Groups with faithful irreducible projective unitary representations

Group Theory 2015-02-04 v1

Abstract

For a countable group G and a multiplier c on G with values in the circle, we study the property of G having a unitary projective c-representation which is both irreducible and projectively faithful. We show that this property is equivalent to G being the quotient of an appropriate group by its centre. A criterion is given in terms of the minisocle of G. Several examples are described to show the existence of various behaviours.

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@article{arxiv.1009.4379,
  title  = {Groups with faithful irreducible projective unitary representations},
  author = {Bachir Bekka and Pierre de la Harpe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.4379},
  year   = {2015}
}

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27 pages

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