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The trivial and Steinberg splitting on P^1(F_q)

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Assume the Axiom of Choice, used through Tits deformation. For G=GL⁡2(Fq) the spherical principal series is the permutation module C[P1(Fq)]=C[G/B] of dimension q+1, and it decomposes as C[P1(Fq)]  =  1  ⊕  St⁡, where 1 is the trivial representation and St⁡ is the Steinberg representation of dimension q; both occur with multiplicity 1. Choose the noncanonical hook-length parametrisation so the Hecke character Ts↦q matches the trivial S2 character and Ts↦−1 the sign character. Under this parametrisation of The constituents of the spherical principal series of GL_n the trivial representation corresponds to λ=(2) (f(2)=1) and St⁡ to λ=(1,1) (f(1,1)=1). The standard Hecke generator Ts acts on 1 by the scalar q and on St⁡ by the scalar −1, matching the two simple H-modules of The two-dimensional Hecke algebra for GL_2(F_q).

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Given: A prime power q, the group G=GL⁡2(Fq) with Borel B and nontrivial Weyl element s, the flag variety P1(Fq)=G/B, the spherical principal series I(1) and the finite Hecke algebra H=eBC[G]eB.

[F1]

I(1)≅C[G/B]=C[P1(Fq)] as C[G]-modules, of dimension q+1 (The spherical principal series is the flag permutation module).

[F2]

For the equal-coordinate character with a=1 one has I(1)≅1⊕St⁡ with dim⁡St⁡=q and each constituent of multiplicity one; the standard intertwiner Bs acts by the scalar q on the one-dimensional constituent and by −1 on St⁡ (The equal-coordinate rank-one principal series of GL_2).

[F3]

The constituents of the spherical principal series are indexed by the partitions λ⊢n with multiplicities fλ (The constituents of the spherical principal series of GL_n).

[F4]

For n=2 the partitions are (2) and (1,1), and the hook-length formula gives f(2)=f(1,1)=1 (The hook length formula).

[F5]

The two-dimensional Hecke algebra H of GL⁡2(Fq) is isomorphic to C⊕C with two simple modules, and the generator Ts acts by q on one and by −1 on the other (The two-dimensional Hecke algebra for GL_2(F_q)).

[F6]

Assume AC; the Tits-deformation isomorphism identifies the simple H-modules with those of C[S2], so the partition labels above are attached through the noncanonical isomorphism (The Axiom of Choice, The finite Hecke algebra is non-canonically isomorphic to the group algebra of S_n).

Proof

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1.1F1F2

By [F1] the module C[P1(Fq)] is I(1) of dimension q+1. By [F2] it splits as 1⊕St⁡ with dim⁡St⁡=q, both constituents of multiplicity one, and the standard intertwiner acts by q on 1 and by −1 on St⁡.

2.1F5step 1.1

By [F5] the Hecke algebra H≅C⊕C has exactly two simple modules, and Ts acts on them by the scalars q and −1; these match the two constituents of step 1.1 through the identification End⁡G(C[G/B])≅Hop≅H.

3.1F3F4F6step 1.1step 2.1

By [F3] the constituents of the spherical principal series are indexed by the partitions λ⊢2, namely (2) and (1,1), and by [F4] both occur with multiplicity f(2)=f(1,1)=1, agreeing with the multiplicity-one splitting of step 1.1. Under the noncanonical Tits parametrisation we may choose the matching so that the Hecke character Ts↦q labels the trivial constituent 1 and Ts↦−1 labels the sign character, hence 1 corresponds to (2) and St⁡ to (1,1).

4.1F6step 1.1step 2.1step 3.1∎

Steps 1.1, 2.1 and 3.1 give the splitting C[P1]=1⊕St⁡ with dim⁡St⁡=q, the multiplicity-one statement, the Ts-eigenvalues q and −1, and the partition labels under the noncanonical parametrisation. AC is carried only from the Tits-deformation supplier [F6], as declared.

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