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Projective Joint Spectra and Characters of representations of $\tilde{A}_n$

Representation Theory 2022-12-20 v1 Functional Analysis Operator Algebras

Abstract

For a tuple of square complex-valued N×NN\times N matrices A1,,AnA_1,\dots,A_n the determinant of their linear combination x1A1++xnAnx_1A_1+\cdots +x_nA_n, which is called \textit{a pencil}, is a homogeneous polynomial of degree NN in \C[x1,...xn]\C[x_1,...x_n]. Zero-set of this polynomial is an algebraic set in the projective space \C\Pon1\C\Po^{n-1}. This set is called the determinantal hypersurface or determinantal manifold of the tuple (A1,...,An)(A_1,...,A_n). It was shown in Cuckovic, Stessin, Tchernev (2021) that if GG is a non-special Coxeter group of type A,BA,B, or DD, ρ1\rho_1 and ρ2\rho_2 are two linear representations of GG, and the determinantal hypersurfaces of images of the Coxeter generators of GG under ρ1\rho_1 and ρ2\rho_2 coincide as divisors in the projective space, the characters of ρ1\rho_1 and ρ2\rho_2 are equal, and, therefore, ρ1\rho_1 and ρ2\rho_2 are equivalent. In Peebles, Stessin, Tchernev (in preparation) this result was extended in the characters part to affine Coxeter groups of types B,CB,C, and DD. It was shown there that each such group contains a finite subset such that, if the determinantal hypersurfaces of the images of this set under two finite-dimensional representations coincide as divisors in the projective space, the characters of these representations are equal. Notably, the affine Coxeter groups of AA type are not covered by this result, as their combinatorics is quite different.mIn this paper we explicitly construct a finite set in A~n\tilde{A}_n having the same property. We also show that every group which is a semidirect product of a fine group and a finitely generated abelian group contains a finite subset with the similar property: for every finite-dimensonal representation of the group, the determinantal hypersurface of images of the set determines the representation character.

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@article{arxiv.2212.08928,
  title  = {Projective Joint Spectra and Characters of representations of $\tilde{A}_n$},
  author = {T. Peebles and M. Stessin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.08928},
  year   = {2022}
}