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LECTURES ON THE GEOMETRY AND MODULAR REPRESENTATION THEORY OF ALGEBRAIC GROUPS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2021

JOSHUA CIAPPARA  and
GEORDIE WILLIAMSON
JOSHUA CIAPPARA
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
GEORDIE WILLIAMSON
Affiliation:
Sydney Mathematical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia g.williamson@sydney.edu.au
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g.williamson@sydney.edu.au
ciappara@maths.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

These notes provide a concise introduction to the representation theory of reductive algebraic groups in positive characteristic, with an emphasis on Lusztig's character formula and geometric representation theory. They are based on the first author's notes from a lecture series delivered by the second author at the Simons Centre for Geometry and Physics in August 2019. We intend them to complement more detailed treatments.

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20G05 algebraic groups modular representation theory
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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , First View , pp. 1 - 47
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Communicated by Ben Martin

The first author was supported by an Australian government research training program (RTP) scholarship.

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