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More on Periodicity and Duality associated with Jordan partitions

Representation Theory 2019-07-16 v1

Abstract

Let JrJ_r denote a full r×rr \times r Jordan block matrix with eigenvalue 11 over a field FF of characteristic pp. For positive integers rr and ss with rsr \leq s, the Jordan canonical form of the rs×rsr s \times r s matrix JrJsJ_{r} \otimes J_{s} has the form Jλ1Jλ2JλrJ_{\lambda_1} \oplus J_{\lambda_2} \oplus \dots \oplus J_{\lambda_{r}} where λ1λ2λr>0\lambda_1 \geq \lambda_2 \geq \dots \geq \lambda_{r}>0. This decomposition determines a partition λ(r,s,p)=(λ1,λ2,,λr)\lambda(r,s,p)=(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\dots, \lambda_{r}) of rsr s, known as the \textbf{Jordan partition}, but the values of the parts depend on rr, ss, and pp. Write (λ1,λ2,,λr)=(μ1,,μ1m1,μ2,,μ2m2,,μk,,μkmk)=(m1μ1,,mkμk),(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\dots, \lambda_{r})=(\overbrace{\mu_1,\dots,\mu_1}^{m_1},\overbrace{\mu_2,\dots,\mu_2}^{m_2},\dots, \overbrace{\mu_k,\dots,\mu_k}^{m_k}) =(m_1 \cdot \mu_1, \dots,m_k \cdot \mu_k), where μ1>μ2>>μk>0\mu_1>\mu_2>\dots>\mu_k>0, and denote the composition (m1,,mk)(m_1,\dots,m_k) of rr by c(r,s,p)c(r,s,p). A recent result of Glasby, Praeger, and Xia in \cite{GPX} implies that if rpβr \leq p^\beta, c(r,s,p)c(r,s,p) is periodic in the second variable ss with period length pβp^\beta and exhibits a reflection property within that period. We determine the least period length and we exhibit new partial subperiodic and partial subreflective behavior.

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@article{arxiv.1907.06519,
  title  = {More on Periodicity and Duality associated with Jordan partitions},
  author = {Michael J. J. Barry},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.06519},
  year   = {2019}
}

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