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Irreducible Modules of Reductive Groups with Borel-stable Line

Representation Theory 2022-04-27 v6

Abstract

Let pp be a prime number and k=Fˉp\Bbbk=\bar{\mathbb{F}}_p, the algebraic closure of the finite field Fp\mathbb{F}_p of pp elements. Let G{\bf G} be a connected reductive group defined over Fp\mathbb{F}_p and B{\bf B} be a Borel subgroup of G{\bf G} (not necessarily defined over Fp\mathbb{F}_p). We show that for each (one-dimensional) character θ\theta of B{\bf B} (not necessarily rational), there is a unique (up to isomorphism) irreducible kG\Bbbk{\bf G}-module L(θ)\mathbb{L}(\theta) containing θ\theta as a kB\Bbbk{\bf B}-submodule, and moreover, L(θ)\mathbb{L}(\theta) is isomorphic to a parabolic induction from a finite-dimensional irreducible kL\Bbbk{\bf L}-module for some Levi subgroup L{\bf L} of G{\bf G}. Thus, we have classified and constructed all (abstract) irreducible kG\Bbbk{\bf G}-modules with B{\bf B}-stable line (i.e. an one-dimensional kB\Bbbk{\bf B}-submodule). As a byproduct, we give a new proof of a result of Borel and Tits on the classification of finite-dimensional irreducible kG\Bbbk{\bf G}-modules.

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@article{arxiv.2011.04115,
  title  = {Irreducible Modules of Reductive Groups with Borel-stable Line},
  author = {Xiaoyu Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.04115},
  year   = {2022}
}

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23 pages

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