4 papers
math.RT2020
Stiefel Whitney Classes for Real representations of
Jyotirmoy Ganguly, Rohit Joshi
We compute the total Stiefel Whitney class for a real representation of , where is odd. The obstruction class of is defined to be the Stief…
math.RT2020
Spinorial Representations of Orthogonal Groups
Jyotirmoy Ganguly, Rohit Joshi
Let be a real compact Lie group, such that , with simple. Here is the connected component of containing the identity and is the cyclic g…
math.RT2019
Spinorial Representations of Symmetric Groups
Jyotirmoy Ganguly, Steven Spallone
A real representation of a finite group may be regarded as a homomorphism to an orthogonal group $\Or(V)$. For symmetric groups , alternating groups , and products $S…
math.RT2019
On the Divisibility of Character Values of the Symmetric Group
Jyotirmoy Ganguly, Amritanshu Prasad, Steven Spallone
Fix a partition of an integer and positive integer . For each , let denote the value of the irreducible character of at a permutation…