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On the mod p reduction of orthogonal representations

Group Theory 2018-08-09 v3 Representation Theory

Abstract

We show that the reduction mod p of an orthogonal linear representation is orthogonal, and we generalize this fact to representations of algebras with involution.The proofs make an essential use of the notion of " middle lattices ".

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@article{arxiv.1708.00046,
  title  = {On the mod p reduction of orthogonal representations},
  author = {Jean-Pierre Serre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.00046},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

paper dedicated to the memory of B. Kostant; second version : misprints corrected; different proof of th.4.2.1; added reference to a paper of Thompson