Related papers: Characters of SL(2) Representations of Groups

Topological characterization of torus groups is given.

Let $K$ be a number field with ring of integers $\mathcal{O}_K$. We describe and classify finite, flat, and linearly reductive subgroup schemes of $\mathrm{SL}_2$ over $\mathrm{Spec}\:\mathcal{O}_K$. We also establish finiteness results for…

Using that the dicyclic group is the type D subgroup of SU(2), we extend the Temperley-Lieb diagrammatics to give a diagrammatic presentation of the complex representation theory of the dicyclic group.

The representation theory of the quantum group su$_q(2)$ is used to introduce $q$-analogues of the Wigner rotation matrices, spherical functions, and Legendre polynomials. The method amounts to an extension of variable separation from…

Starting with the zero-square "zeon algebra", the regular representation gives rise to a Boolean lattice representation of sl(2). We detail the su(2) content of the Boolean lattice, providing the irreducible representations carried by the…

We give an exact formula for the dimension of the variety of homomorphisms from $S_g$ to $\mathit{any}$ semisimple real algebraic group, where $S_g$ is a surface group of genus $g \geq 2$.

Consider a topological surface $\Sigma$. We introduce the spectrum of a representation from the fundamental group of $\Sigma$ to SL(2,R), which is a subset of projective measured lamination on the surface, which captures the directions…

We determine generators of the coordinate ring of $SL_2$-character varieties. In the case of the free group $F_3$ we obtain an explicit equation of the $SL_2$-character variety. For free groups $F_k$ we find transcendental generators.…

I calculate characters of certain representations of loop groups based on non simply connected Lie groups. This gives a generalization of the Kac-Weyl character formula.

We prove that Anosov representations from a surface group to SL(3,R) are uniquely determined by their boundary maps if and only if they do not factor over a completely reducible representation. Furthermore we discuss representations not…

We investigate the separability of several well known classes of subgroups of the mapping class group of a surface.

We give a description of several representation varieties of the fundamental group of the complement of the figure eight knot in PGL(3,C) or SL(3,C). We moreover obtain an explicit parametrization of matrices generating the representation…

We propose a definition of characters in the context of Schneider-Teitelbaum's theory of locally analytic representations of p-adic reductive groups. This character will be a function on a compact subgroup of a maximal torus of the…

We compute the character tables of the following groups with character theoretic methods, using known information about the conjugacy classes and about the character tables of some subgroups and factor groups: $Th$, $J_4$, $2.{}^2E_6(2)$,…

For a prime p>2 and q=p^n, we compute a finite generating set for the SL_2(F_q)-invariants of the second symmetric power representation, showing the invariants are a hypersurface and the field of fractions is a purely transcendental…

We describe the Stiefel-Whitney classes (SWCs) of orthogonal representations $\pi$ of the finite special linear groups $G=\text{SL}(2,\mathbb F_q)$, in terms of character values of $\pi$. From this calculation, we can answer interesting…

This paper gives insight into intriguing connections between two apparently unrelated theories: the theory of skein modules of 3-manifolds and the theory of representations of groups into special linear groups of 2 by 2 matrices. Let R be a…

We begin the study of character sheaves on a not necessarily connected reductive group, extending the known theory for connected groups.

Using computational methods, we complete the determination of the $3$-modular character table of the Chevalley group $F_4(2)$ and its covering group.

In this paper we develop representation theory of the two fold central extension of SL(2) over the field of 2-adic numbers. As a consequence, we obtain a local Shimura correspondence between the two fold central extension of SL(2) and the…