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Irreducible Representations of Baumslag-Solitar Groups

Group Theory 2012-09-19 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

We classify the finite-dimensional irreducible linear representations of the Baumslag-Solitar groups BS(p,q) = < a, b | a b^p = b^q a > for relatively prime p and q. The general strategy of the argument is to consider the matrix group given by image of a representation and study its Zariski closure in GL(n, C).

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@article{arxiv.1112.3952,
  title  = {Irreducible Representations of Baumslag-Solitar Groups},
  author = {Daniel McLaury},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.3952},
  year   = {2012}
}