A group is said to have polynomial representation growth if the sequence enumerating the isomorphism classes of finite-dimensional irreducible representations according to their dimension is polynomially bounded. The representation zeta function of such group is the associated Dirichlet generating series. In this talk I will focus on representation zeta functions of arithmetic groups and their properties. I will explain the ideas behind a proof of a variant of the Larsen-Lubotzky conjecture on the representation growth of arithmetic lattices in high rank semisimple Lie groups (joint with Nir Avni, Benjamin Klopsch and Christopher Voll) and analogous results for arithmetic groups of type A2 in positive characteristic
This is joint work with Amritanshu Prasad and Pooja Singla.
This video was produced by the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute, as part of their SMRI seminar series.
