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Unipotent representations as a categorical centre

Representation Theory 2014-02-18 v2

Abstract

Let G(F_q) be the group of rational points of a split connected reductive group G defined over the finite field F_q. In this paper we show that the category of representations of G(F_q) which are finite direct sums of unipotent representations in a fixed two-sided cell is equivalent to the centre of a certain monoidal category of sheaves on the product of two copies of the flag manifold of G. We also consider a version of this for nonsplit groups.

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@article{arxiv.1401.2889,
  title  = {Unipotent representations as a categorical centre},
  author = {G. Lusztig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.2889},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

26 pages. This version considers also nonsplit groups. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1308.1082

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