Orthogonal representations of twisted forms of SL2

(Formerly titled A1-invariant quadratic forms)

by Skip Garibaldi

To appear in Representation Theory

For every absolutely irreducible orthogonal representation of a twisted form of SL2 over a field of characteristic zero, we compute the "unique" symmetric bilinear form that is invariant under the group action. We also prove the analogous result for Weyl modules in prime characteristic and an isomorphism between two symmetric bilinear forms given by binomial coefficients.


Version of 9 June 2008.
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