Ashley Hobson

  1. The invariants of the second symmetric power representation of SL_2(F_q).

    Authors: Ashley Hobson, R. James Shank
    Subjects: Commutative Algebra
    Abstract

    For a prime p>2 and q=p^n, we compute a finite generating set for the
    SL_2(F_q)-invariants of the second symmetric power representation, showing the
    invariants are a hypersurface and the field of fractions is a purely
    transcendental extension of the coefficient field. As an intermediate result,
    we show the invariants of the Sylow p-subgroups are also hypersurfaces.

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