Representation Theory of Finite Group Extensions
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The main topics are, on the one hand, Clifford Theory and the Little Group Method (of Mackey and Wigner) for induced representations, and, on the other hand, Kirillov's Orbit Method (for step-2 nilpotent groups of odd order) which establishes a natural and powerful correspondence between Lie rings and nilpotent groups. As an application, a detailed description is given of the representation theory of the alternating groups, of metacyclic, quaternionic, dihedral groups, and of the (finite) Heisenberg group.
TheLittle Group Method may be applied if and only if a suitable unitary 2-cocycle (the Mackey obstruction) is trivial. To overcome this obstacle, (unitary) projective representations are introduced and corresponding Mackey and Clifford theories are developed. The commutant of an induced representation and the relative Hecke algebra is also examined. Finally, there is a comprehensive exposition of the theory of projective representations for finite Abelian groups which is applied to obtain a complete description of the irreducible representations of finite metabelian groups of odd order.
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Fabio Scarabotti obtained his BS in Mathematics (1989) and his PhD in Mathematics (1994) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Currently, he is professor of Mathematical Analysis at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". He has authored more than 40 research articles in Harmonic Analysis, Group Theory, Combinatorics, Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, and Theoretical Computer Science and has co-authored 6 monographs on Harmonic Analysis and Representation Theory.
Filippo Tolli obtained his BS in Mathematics (1991) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and his PhD in Mathematics (1996) from UCLA. Currently, he is professor of Mathematical Analysis at the University of Roma Tre. He has authored more than 30 research articles in Harmonic Analysis, Group Theory, Combinatorics, Lie Groups and Partial Differential Equations and has co-authored 6 monographs on Harmonic Analysis and Representation Theory.
