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The Divisibility of $\mathrm{GL}(n, q)$ Character Values

Representation Theory 2024-08-28 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let qq be a prime power, and dd a positive integer. We study the proportion of irreducible characters of GL(n,q)\mathrm{GL}(n,q) whose values evaluated on a fixed matrix gg are divisible by dd. As nn approaches infinity, this proportion tends to 11 when qq is coprime to dd. When qq and dd are not coprime, and g=1g=1, this proportion is bounded above by 1q\frac{1}{q}.

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@article{arxiv.2408.14046,
  title  = {The Divisibility of $\mathrm{GL}(n, q)$ Character Values},
  author = {Varun Shah and Steven Spallone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.14046},
  year   = {2024}
}

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20 pages