On the Schur Indices of Characters of GL (2, q) and GL (3, q).
For the groups , , , over a finite field we solve the class product problem, i.e., we give a complete list of -tuples of conjugacy classes whose product does not contain the identity matrix.
Given a tuple of irreducible characters of we define a star-shaped quiver together with a dimension vector . Assume that is generic. Our first result is a formula which expresses the multiplicity of the trivial character in the tensor product as the trace of the action of some Weyl group on the intersection cohomology of some (non-affine) quiver varieties associated to . The existence of such a quiver variety is subject to some condition. Assuming that this condition is satisfied, we...
We derive a simple formula for the action of a finite crystallographic Coxeter group on the cohomology of its associated complex toric variety, using the method of counting rational points over finite fields, and the Hodge structure of the cohomology. Various applications are given, including the determination of the graded multiplicity of the reflection representation.