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Main Authors: Malik, Neha, Spallone, Steven
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19241
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author Malik, Neha
Spallone, Steven
author_facet Malik, Neha
Spallone, Steven
contents We compute the total Stiefel-Whitney Classes (SWCs) for orthogonal representations of special linear groups $\text{SL}(n,q)$ when $n$ and $q$ are odd. These classes are expressed in terms of character values at diagonal elements of order $2$. We give several consequences, and work out the $4$th SWC explicitly, and the $8$th SWC when the $4$th vanishes.
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spellingShingle Stiefel-Whitney Classes for Finite Special Linear Groups of Even Rank
Malik, Neha
Spallone, Steven
Representation Theory
20G40, 55R40
We compute the total Stiefel-Whitney Classes (SWCs) for orthogonal representations of special linear groups $\text{SL}(n,q)$ when $n$ and $q$ are odd. These classes are expressed in terms of character values at diagonal elements of order $2$. We give several consequences, and work out the $4$th SWC explicitly, and the $8$th SWC when the $4$th vanishes.
title Stiefel-Whitney Classes for Finite Special Linear Groups of Even Rank
topic Representation Theory
20G40, 55R40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19241