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On the relation between pseudocharacters and Chenevier's determinants

Number Theory 2024-02-29 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

Consider a commutative unital ring AA and a unital AA-algebra RR. Let dd be a positive integer. Chenevier proved that when (2d)!(2d)! is invertible in AA, the map associating to a determinant its trace is a bijection between AA-valued dd-dimensional determinants of RR and AA-valued dd-dimensional pseudocharacters of RR. In this paper, we show that assuming d!d! is invertible in AA is sufficient. This assumption is already made in the definition of a dd-dimensional pseudocharacter. Our proof involves establishing a product formula for pseudocharacters, which might be of independent interest.

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@article{arxiv.2402.18034,
  title  = {On the relation between pseudocharacters and Chenevier's determinants},
  author = {Amit Ophir},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.18034},
  year   = {2024}
}

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7 pages

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