# INVARIANT RINGS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF SYMMETRIC GROUPS

• Kudo, Shotaro
• Received : 2012.08.03
• Published : 2013.07.31
• 44 5

#### Abstract

The center of the Lie group $SU(n)$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}_n$. If $d$ divides $n$, the quotient $SU(n)/\mathbb{Z}_d$ is also a Lie group. Such groups are locally isomorphic, and their Weyl groups $W(SU(n)/\mathbb{Z}_d)$ are the symmetric group ${\sum}_n$. However, the integral representations of the Weyl groups are not equivalent. Under the mod $p$ reductions, we consider the structure of invariant rings $H^*(BT^{n-1};\mathbb{F}_p)^W$ for $W=W(SU(n)/\mathbb{Z}_d)$. Particularly, we ask if each of them is a polynomial ring. Our results show some polynomial and non-polynomial cases.

#### Keywords

invariant theory;unstable algebra;pseudoreflection group;Lie group;p-compact group;classifying space

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