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Publications and source records attributed to Fernando Szechtman.
We answer a question posed by Mordell in 1953, in the case repeated radical extensions, and find necessary and sufficient conditions for $[F[\sqrt[m_1]{N_1},\dots,\sqrt[m_\ell]{N_\ell}]:F]=m_1\cdots m_\ell$, where $F$ is an arbitrary field of characteristic not dividing any $m_i$.
Given a sequence $\vec d=(d_1,\dots,d_k)$ of natural numbers, we consider the Lie subalgebra $\mathfrak{h}$ of $\mathfrak{gl}(d,\mathbb{F})$, where $d=d_1+\cdots +d_k$ and $\mathbb{F}$ is a field of characteristic 0, generated by two block upper triangular matrices $D$ and $E$ partitioned according to $\vec d$, and study the problem of computing the nilpotency degree $m$ of the nilradical $\mathfrak{n}$ of $\mathfrak{h}$. We obtain a complete answer when $D$ and $E$ belong to a certain family of matrices that arises naturally when attempting to classify the indecomposable modules of certain solvable Lie algebras. Our determination of $m$ depends in an essential manner on the symmetry of $E$ with respect to an outer automorphism of $\mathfrak{sl}(d)$. The proof that $m$ depends solely on this symmetry is long and delicate. As a direct application of our investigations on $\mathfrak{h}$ and $\mathfrak{n}$ we give a full classification of all uniserial modules of an extension of the free $\ell$-step nilpotent Lie algebra on $n$ generators when $\mathbb{F}$ is algebraically closed.
Let $B$ be a ring, not necessarily commutative, having an involution $*$ and let ${\mathrm U}_{2m}(B)$ be the unitary group of rank $2m$ associated to a hermitian or skew hermitian form relative to $*$. When $B$ is finite, we construct a Weil representation of ${\mathrm U}_{2m}(B)$ via Heisenberg groups and find its explicit matrix form on the Bruhat elements. As a consequence, we derive information on generalized Gauss sums. On the other hand, there is an axiomatic method to define a Weil representation of ${\mathrm U}_{2m}(B)$, and we compare the two Weil representations thus obtained under fairly general hypotheses. When $B$ is local, not necessarily finite, we compute the index of the subgroup of ${\mathrm U}_{2m}(B)$ generated by its Bruhat elements. Besides the independent interest, this subgroup and index are involved in the foregoing comparison of Weil representations.
We prove that if $\mathfrak{s}$ is a solvable Lie algebra of matrices over a field of characteristic 0, and $A\in\mathfrak{s}$, then the semisimple and nilpotent summands of the Jordan-Chevalley decomposition of $A$ belong to $\mathfrak{s}$ if and only if there exist $S,N\in\mathfrak{s}$, $S$ is semisimple, $N$ is nilpotent (not necessarily $[S,N]=0$) such that $A=S+N$.
We find the irreducible decomposition of the Weil representation of the unitary group $\mathrm{U}_{2n}(A)$, where $A$ is a ramified quadratic extension of a finite, commutative, local, principal ideal ring $R$ and the nilpotency degree of the maximal ideal of $A$ is odd. We show in particular that this Weil representation is multiplicity free. Restriction to the special unitary group $\mathrm{SU}_{2n}(A)$ preserves irreducibility and multiplicity freeness provided $n>1$.
Let ${\mathcal O}$ be an involutive discrete valuation ring with residue field of characteristic not 2. Let $A$ be a quotient of ${\mathcal O}$ by a nonzero power of its maximal ideal and let $*$ be the involution that $A$ inherits from ${\mathcal O}$. We consider various unitary groups ${\mathcal U}_m(A)$ of rank $m$ over $A$, depending on the nature of $*$ and the equivalence type of the underlying hermitian or skew hermitian form. Each group ${\mathcal U}_m(A)$ gives rise to a Weil representation. In this paper, we give a Clifford theory description of all irreducible components of the Weil representation of ${\mathcal U}_m(A)$ with respect to all of its abelian congruence subgroups and a third of its nonabelian congruence subgroups.
We study the classification problem of possibly degenerate hermitian and skew hermitian bilinear forms over local rings where 2 is a unit.
Let $(S,*)$ be an involutive local ring and let $U(2m,S)$ be the unitary group associated to a nondegenerate skew hermitian form defined on a free $S$-module of rank $2m$. A presentation of $U(2m,S)$ is given in terms of Bruhat generators and their relations. This presentation is used to construct an explicit Weil representation of the symplectic group $Sp(2m,R)$ when $S=R$ is commutative and $*$ is the identity. When $S$ is commutative but $*$ is arbitrary with fixed ring $R$, an elementary proof that the special unitary group $SU(2m,S)$ is generated by unitary transvections is given. This is used to prove that the reduction homomorphisms $SU(2m,S)\to SU(2m,\tilde{S})$ and $U(2m,S)\to U(2m,\tilde{S})$ are surjective for any factor ring $\tilde{S}$ of $S$. The corresponding results for the symplectic group $Sp(2m,R)$ are obtained as corollaries when $*$ is the identity.
Given an algebraically closed field $F$ of characteristic 0 and an $F$-vector space $V$, let $L(V)=V\oplusΛ^2(V)$ denote the free 2-step nilpotent Lie algebra associated to $V$. In this paper, we classify all uniserial representations of the solvable Lie algebra $\mathfrak g=\langle x\rangle\ltimes L(V)$, where $x$ acts on $V$ via an arbitrary invertible Jordan block.
We classify all uniserial modules of the solvable Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}=\langle x\rangle \ltimes V$, where $V$ is an abelian Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 and $x$ is an arbitrary automorphism of $V$.
Let $A$ be a ring with $1\neq 0$, not necessarily finite, endowed with an involution~$*$, that is, an anti-automorphism of order $\leq 2$. Let $H_n(A)$ be the additive group of all $n\times n$ hermitian matrices over $A$ relative to $*$. Let ${\mathcal U}_n(A)$ be the subgroup of $\mathrm{GL}_n(A)$ of all upper triangular matrices with 1's along the main diagonal. Let $P=H_n(A)\rtimes {\mathcal U}_n(A)$, where ${\mathcal U}_n(A)$ acts on $H_n(A)$ by $*$-congruence transformations. We may view $P$ as a unipotent subgroup of either a symplectic group $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}(A)$, if $*=1_A$ (in which case $A$ is commutative), or a unitary group $\mathrm{U}_{2n}(A)$ if $*\neq 1_A$. In this paper we construct and classify a family of irreducible representations of $P$ over a field $F$ that is essentially arbitrary. In particular, when $A$ is finite and $F=\mathbb C$ we obtain irreducible representations of $P$ of the highest possible degree.
Basic modules of McLain groups $M=M(Λ,\leq, R)$ are defined and investigated. These are (possibly infinite dimensional) analogues of André's supercharacters of $U_n(q)$. The ring $R$ need not be finite or commutative and the field underlying our representations is essentially arbitrary: we deal with all characteristics, prime or zero, on an equal basis. The set $Λ$, totally ordered by $\leq$, is allowed to be infinite. We show that distinct basic modules are disjoint, determine the dimension of the endomorphism algebra of a basic module, find when a basic module is irreducible, and exhibit a full decomposition of a basic module as direct sum of irreducible submodules, including their multiplicities. Several examples of this decomposition are presented, and a criterion for a basic module to be multiplicity-free is given. In general, not every irreducible module of a McLain group is a constituent of a basic module.
Necessary and sufficient conditions for a group to possess a faithful irreducible representation are investigated
With the aid of the $6j$-symbol, we classify all uniserial modules of $\mathfrak{sl}(2)\ltimes \mathfrak{h}_{n}$, where $\mathfrak{h}_{n}$ is the Heisenberg Lie algebra of dimension $2n+1$.
We address the problem of finding necessary and sufficient conditions for an arbitrary group, not necessarily finite, to admit a faithful irreducible representation over an arbitrary field.
Clifford theory of possibly infinite dimensional modules is studied
Let $f(Z)=Z^n-a_{1}Z^{n-1}+\cdots+(-1)^{n-1}a_{n-1}Z+(-1)^na_n$ be a monic polynomial with coefficients in a ring~$R$ with identity, not necessarily commutative. We study the ideal $I_f$ of $R[X_1,\dots,X_n]$ generated by $σ_i(X_1,\dots,X_n)-a_{i}$, where $σ_1,\dots,σ_n$ are the elementary symmetric polynomials, as well as the quotient ring $R[X_1,\dots,X_n]/I_f$.
Let ${\mathfrak g}$ be a finite dimensional Lie algebra over a field of characteristic 0, with solvable radical ${\mathfrak r}$ and nilpotent radical ${\mathfrak n}=[{\mathfrak g},{\mathfrak r}]$. Given a finite dimensional ${\mathfrak g}$-module $U$, its nilpotency series $ 0\subset U({\mathfrak n}^1)\subset\cdots\subset U({\mathfrak n}^m)=U$ is defined so that $U({\mathfrak n}^1)$ is the 0-weight space of ${\mathfrak n}$ in $U$, $U({\mathfrak n}^2)/U({\mathfrak n}^1)$ is the 0-weight space of ${\mathfrak n}$ in $U/U({\mathfrak n}^1)$, and so on. We say that $U$ is linked if each factor of its nilpotency series is a uniserial ${\mathfrak g}/{\mathfrak n}$-module, i.e., its ${\mathfrak g}/{\mathfrak n}$-submodules form a chain. Every uniserial ${\mathfrak g}$-module is linked, every linked ${\mathfrak g}$-module is indecomposable with irreducible socle, and both converse fail. In this paper we classify all linked ${\mathfrak g}$-modules when ${\mathfrak g}=\langle x\rangle\ltimes {\mathfrak a}$ and $\mathrm{ad}\, x$ acts diagonalizably on the abelian Lie algebra ${\mathfrak a}$. Moreover, we identify and classify all uniserial ${\mathfrak g}$-module amongst them.