English

Quasi-flat representations of uniform groups and quantum groups

Quantum Algebra 2019-07-24 v3 Group Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

Given a discrete group Γ=<g1,,gM>\Gamma=<g_1,\ldots,g_M> and a number KNK\in\mathbb N, a unitary representation ρ:ΓUK\rho:\Gamma\to U_K is called quasi-flat when the eigenvalues of each ρ(gi)UK\rho(g_i)\in U_K are uniformly distributed among the KK-th roots of unity. The quasi-flat representations of Γ\Gamma form altogether a parametric matrix model π:ΓC(X,UK)\pi:\Gamma\to C(X,U_K). We compute here the universal model space XX for various classes of discrete groups, notably with results in the case where Γ\Gamma is metabelian. We are particularly interested in the case where XX is a union of compact homogeneous spaces, and where the induced representation π~:C(Γ)C(X,UK)\tilde{\pi}:C^*(\Gamma)\to C(X,U_K) is stationary in the sense that it commutes with the Haar functionals. We present several positive and negative results on this subject. We also discuss similar questions for the discrete quantum groups, proving a stationarity result for the discrete dual of the twisted orthogonal group O21O_2^{-1}.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1708.09683,
  title  = {Quasi-flat representations of uniform groups and quantum groups},
  author = {Teodor Banica and Alexandru Chirvasitu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.09683},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

27 pages; minor edits after referee comments

R2 v1 2026-06-22T21:29:06.654Z