We study the representation theory of the superconformal algebra Wk(g, fθ) associated to a minimal gradation of g. Here, g is a simple finite-dimensional Lie superalgebra with a non-degenerate even supersymmetric invariant bilinear form. Thus, Wk(g, fθ) can be the Virasoro algebra, the Bershadsky-Polyakov algebra, the Neveu-Schwarz algebra, the BershadskyKnizhnik algebras, the N = 2 superconfor...

Let B be a reductive Lie subalgebra of a semi-simple Lie algebra F of the same rank both over the complex numbers. To each finite dimensional irreducible representation Vlambda of F we assign a multiplet of irreducible representations of B with m elements in each multiplet, where m is the index of the Weyl group of B in the Weyl group of F. We obtain a generalization of the Weyl character formu...

The q-character is a strong tool to study finite-dimensional representations of quantum affine algebras. However, the explicit formula of the q-character of a given representation has not been known so far. Frenkel and Mukhin proposed the iterative algorithm which generates the q-character of a given irreducible representation starting from its highest weight monomial. The algorithm is known to...

In this paper we present and state evidence for a conjecture on the existence and properties of new vectors for generic irreducible admissible representations of GSp(4, F ) with trivial central character for F a nonarchimedean field of characteristic zero. To summarize the conjecture, let O be the ring of integers of F and let P be the prime ideal of O. We define, by a simple formula, a sequenc...

The solvability of monomial groups is a well-known result in character theory. Certain properties of Artin L-series suggest a generalization of these groups, namely to such groups where every irreducible character has some multiple which is induced from a character φ of U with solvable factor group U/ker(φ). Using the classification of finite simple groups, we prove that these groups are also s...

‎Let $G$ be a finite group‎. ‎An element $gin G$ is called non-vanishing‎, ‎if for‎ ‎every irreducible complex character $chi$ of $G$‎, ‎$chi(g)neq 0$‎. ‎The bi-Cayley graph ${rm BCay}(G,T)$ of $G$ with respect to a subset $Tsubseteq G$‎, ‎is an undirected graph with‎ ‎vertex set $Gtimes{1,2}$ and edge set ${{(x,1),(tx,2)}mid xin G‎, ‎ tin T}$‎. ‎Let ${rm nv}(G)$ be the set‎ ‎of all non-vanishi...

We study the intermediate extension of the character sheaves on an adjoint group to the semi-stable locus of its wonderful compactification. We show that the intermediate extension can be described by a direct image construction. As a consequence, we show that the “ordinary” restriction of a character sheaf on the compactification to a boundary piece inside the semi-stable locus is a shift of s...