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Vaughan McDonald

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arXiv2026

Non-admissibility of some universal supersingular representations

Let $K/\mathbf{Q}_p$ be an unramified extension of degree $f$ with residue field $k$. Let $σ$ be an irreducible representation of $\mathrm{GL}_n(k)$ over $\overline{\mathbf{F}}_p$. For $n\ge 3$, we prove that the universal supersingular representation of weight $σ$ is non-admissible and of infinite length when $σ$ is sufficiently generic and satisfies certain technical conditions. This generalizes the previous results for $n=2$ and a non-trivial finite extension $K/\mathbf{Q}_p$. Our method employs a weight cycling argument together with recent progress on the Serre weight conjectures.

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arXiv2026

Infinitesimal characters for the completed cohomology of $\mathrm{GL}_n$ over CM fields

Let $p$ be a prime, and let $F$ be a CM field containing an imaginary quadratic field in which $p$ splits. We show that the locally analytic vectors of Hecke eigenspaces in the ($p$-adic) completed cohomology of $\mathrm{GL}_n/F$, localized at a non-Eisenstein decomposed generic maximal ideal, admit infinitesimal characters determined by the Sen operators of the corresponding Galois representations, thus confirming a conjecture of Dospinescu-Paškūnas-Schraen in this case.

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arXiv2025

Eigenvarieties over CM fields and trianguline representations

We show that the Galois representations associated to points on certain (derived) eigenvarieties for $\operatorname{GL}_n$ over a CM field are trianguline with the expected Sen weights, verifying an analogue of a conjecture of Hansen in many cases. The proof follows the strategy of passing to a larger unitary group $\widetilde{G}$ of signature $(n,n)$, where the key new input is an analytic continuation result for an eigenvariety for $\widetilde{G}$ localised at an Eisenstein maximal ideal. We also discuss the (subtle) relation of eigenvarieties for $\operatorname{GL}_n$ with the trianguline variety.

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arXiv2024

Sandpile Groups of Cayley Graphs of $\mathbb{F}_2^r$

The sandpile group of a connected graph $G$, defined to be the torsion part of the cokernel of the graph Laplacian, is a subtle graph invariant with combinatorial, algebraic, and geometric descriptions. Extending and improving previous works on the sandpile group of hypercubes, we study the sandpile groups of the Cayley graphs of $\mathbb{F}_2^r$, focusing on their poorly understood Sylow-$2$ component. We find the number of Sylow-$2$ cyclic factors for "generic" Cayley graphs and deduce a bound for the non-generic ones. Moreover, we provide a sharp upper bound for their largest Sylow-$2$ cyclic factors. In the case of hypercubes, we give exact formulae for the largest $n-1$ Sylow-$2$ cyclic factors. Some key ingredients of our work include the natural ring structure on these sandpile groups from representation theory, and calculation of the $2$-adic valuations of binomial sums via the combinatorics of carries.

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arXiv2020

Characters of Renner Monoids and Their Hecke Algebras

This paper gives a general algorithm for computing the character table of any Renner monoid Hecke algebra, by adapting and generalizing techniques of Solomon used to study the rook monoid. The character table of the Hecke algebra of the rook monoid (i.e., the Cartan type $A$ Renner monoid) was computed earlier by Dieng, Halverson, and Poladian using different methods. Our approach uses analogues of so-called A- and B-matrices of Solomon. In addition to the algorithm, we give explicit combinatorial formulas for the A- and B-matrices in Cartan type $C$ and use them to obtain an explicit description of the character table for the type $C$ Renner monoid Hecke algebra.

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arXiv2019

Primes with Beatty and Chebotarev conditions

We study the prime numbers that lie in Beatty sequences of the form $\lfloor αn + β\rfloor$ and have prescribed algebraic splitting conditions. We prove that the density of primes in both a fixed Beatty sequence and a Chebotarev class of some Galois extension is precisely the product of the densities $α^{-1}\cdot\frac{|C|}{|G|}$. Moreover, we show that the primes in the intersection of these sets satisfy a Bombieri--Vinogradov type theorem. This allows us to prove the existence of bounded gaps for such primes. As a final application, we prove a common generalization of the aforementioned bounded gaps result and the Green--Tao theorem.

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arXiv2019

Möbius formulas for densities of sets of prime ideals

We generalize results of Alladi, Dawsey, and Sweeting and Woo for Chebotarev densities to general densities of sets of primes. We show that if $K$ is a number field and $S$ is any set of prime ideals with natural density $δ(S)$ within the primes, then \[ -\lim_{X \to \infty}\sum_{\substack{2 \le \operatorname{N}(\mathfrak{a})\le X\\ \mathfrak{a} \in D(K,S)}}\frac{μ(\mathfrak{a})}{\operatorname{N}(\mathfrak{a})} = δ(S), \] where $μ(\mathfrak{a})$ is the generalized Möbius function and $D(K,S)$ is the set of integral ideals $ \mathfrak{a} \subseteq \mathcal{O}_K$ with unique prime divisor of minimal norm lying in $S$. Our result can be applied to give formulas for densities of various sets of prime numbers, including those lying in a Sato-Tate interval of a fixed elliptic curve, and those in Beatty sequences such as $\lfloorπn\rfloor$.

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arXiv2018

Convolution Algebras for Finite Reductive Monoids

For an arbitrary finite monoid $M$ and subgroup $K$ of the unit group of $M$, we prove that there is a bijection between irreducible representations of $M$ with nontrivial $K$-fixed space and irreducible representations of $\mathcal{H}_K$, the convolution algebra of $K\times K$-invariant functions from $M$ to $F$, where $F$ is a field of characteristic not dividing $|K|$. When $M$ is reductive and $K = B$ is a Borel subgroup of the group of units, this indirectly provides a connection between irreducible representations of $M$ and those of $F[R]$, where $R$ is the Renner monoid of $M$. We conclude with a quick proof of Frobenius Reciprocity for monoids for reference in future papers.

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