Semi-Projective Representations and Twisted Representation Groups

Abstract

A semi-projective representation is a homomorphism of a finite group into the group of semi-projective transformations of a finite dimensional vector space over a field. Schur's concept of a representation group for projective representations is extended to semi-projective representations under the assumption that the field is algebraically closed. A computer algorithm is given that produces, for a given finite group, all such twisted representation groups under trivial or conjugation actions on the field of complex numbers.

10 pages, MAGMA code on personal homepage, simplified and final version (to appear in Communications in Algebra)