455 research outputs found
Iterative character constructions for algebra groups
We construct a family of orthogonal characters of an algebra group which
decompose the supercharacters defined by Diaconis and Isaacs. Like
supercharacters, these characters are given by nonnegative integer linear
combinations of Kirillov functions and are induced from linear supercharacters
of certain algebra subgroups. We derive a formula for these characters and give
a condition for their irreducibility; generalizing a theorem of Otto, we also
show that each such character has the same number of Kirillov functions and
irreducible characters as constituents. In proving these results, we observe as
an application how a recent computation by Evseev implies that every
irreducible character of the unitriangular group \UT_n(q) of unipotent
upper triangular matrices over a finite field with elements is
a Kirillov function if and only if . As a further application, we
discuss some more general conditions showing that Kirillov functions are
characters, and describe some results related to counting the irreducible
constituents of supercharacters.Comment: 22 page
A materials informatics approach to the identification of one-band correlated materials analogous to the cuprates
One important yet exceedingly rare property of the cuprate high-temperature
superconductors is the presence of a single correlated band in the
low-energy spectrum, leading to the one-band Hubbard model as the minimal
description. In order to search for materials with interesting strong
correlation physics as well as possible benchmark systems for the one-band
Hubbard model, here we present a new approach to find one-band correlated
materials analogous to the cuprates by leveraging the emerging area of
materials informatics. Using the composition, structure, and formation energy
of more than half a million real and hypothetical inorganic crystalline
materials in the Open Quantum Materials Database, we search for synthesizable
materials whose nominal transition metal electron count and crystal field
are compatible with achieving an isolated half-filled band. Five Cu
compounds, including bromide, oxide, selenate, and pyrophosphate chemistries,
are shown to successfully achieve the one-band electronic structure based on
density functional theory band structure calculations. Further calculations
including magnetism and explicit on-site Coulomb interaction reveal significant
evidence for strong correlation physics in the five candidates, including Mott
insulating behavior and antiferromagnetism. The success of our data-driven
approach to discovering new correlated materials opens up new avenues to design
and discover materials with rare electronic properties
Heisenberg characters, unitriangular groups, and Fibonacci numbers
Let \UT_n(\FF_q) denote the group of unipotent upper triangular
matrices over a finite field with elements. We show that the Heisenberg
characters of \UT_{n+1}(\FF_q) are indexed by lattice paths from the origin
to the line using the steps , which are
labeled in a certain way by nonzero elements of \FF_q. In particular, we
prove for that the number of Heisenberg characters of
\UT_{n+1}(\FF_q) is a polynomial in with nonnegative integer
coefficients and degree , whose leading coefficient is the th Fibonacci
number. Similarly, we find that the number of Heisenberg supercharacters of
\UT_n(\FF_q) is a polynomial in whose coefficients are Delannoy numbers
and whose values give a -analogue for the Pell numbers. By counting the
fixed points of the action of a certain group of linear characters, we prove
that the numbers of supercharacters, irreducible supercharacters, Heisenberg
supercharacters, and Heisenberg characters of the subgroup of \UT_n(\FF_q)
consisting of matrices whose superdiagonal entries sum to zero are likewise all
polynomials in with nonnegative integer coefficients.Comment: 25 pages; v2: material significantly revised and condensed; v3: minor
corrections, final versio
- …