Steinberg tensor product conjecture for general linear supergroups in characteristic 2

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Let PP denote the object used to form GL⁡(nP)\operatorname{GL}(nP), and let λ\lambda be a highest weight of GL⁡(nP)\operatorname{GL}(nP). Call λ\lambda 4-restricted if

deg⁡λi−deg⁡λi+1<4.\deg\lambda_i-\deg\lambda_{i+1}<4.

For a highest GL⁡(n)\operatorname{GL}(n)-weight μ=(μ1,…,μn)\mu=(\mu_1,\dots,\mu_n), write λ⋅χμ=(χμ1⊗λ1,…,χμn⊗λn)\lambda\cdot\chi^\mu=(\chi^{\mu_1}\otimes\lambda_1,\dots,\chi^{\mu_n}\otimes\lambda_n), and let Fr⁡2:GL⁡(nP)→GL⁡(n)\operatorname{Fr}^2:\operatorname{GL}(nP)\to\operatorname{GL}(n) be the square of the Frobenius homomorphism.

Steinberg tensor product conjecture. For λ\lambda 4-restricted and μ=(μ1,…,μn)\mu=(\mu_1,\dots,\mu_n) a highest GL⁡(n)\operatorname{GL}(n)-weight,

LGL⁡(nP)(λ⋅χμ)≅LGL⁡(nP)(λ)⊗(Fr⁡2)∗LGL⁡(n)(μ).L_{\operatorname{GL}(nP)}(\lambda\cdot\chi^\mu)\cong L_{\operatorname{GL}(nP)}(\lambda)\otimes(\operatorname{Fr}^2)^*L_{\operatorname{GL}(n)}(\mu).

This proposes the characteristic-2 analogue of the Steinberg tensor product theorem for GL⁡(nP)\operatorname{GL}(nP), using the square of Frobenius because the ordinary Frobenius map does not have the required homomorphism properties in Ver⁡4+\operatorname{Ver}_4^+.

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Serina Hu, “Representation Theory of General Linear Supergroups in Characteristic 2”, arXiv:2406.10201 (2025).

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