The 27-dimensional module for E6. I.
For a group and a positive real number , define to be the number of integers less than which are dimensions of irreducible complex representations of . We study the asymptotics of for algebraic groups, arithmetic groups and finitely generated linear groups. In particular we prove an “alternative” for finitely generated linear groups in characteristic zero, showing that either there exists such that for all large , or is virtually abelian (in which case is bounded).
For the Grothendieck group of a split simple linear algebraic group, the twisted γ-filtration provides a useful tool for constructing torsion elements in -rings of twisted flag varieties. In this paper, we construct a non-trivial torsion element in the γ-ring of a complete flag variety twisted by means of a PGO-torsor. This generalizes the construction in the HSpin case previously obtained by Zainoulline.