Note on Heisenberg Characters of Heisenberg Groups

Abstract

An irreducible character χ of a group G is called a Heisenberg character, if Kerχ ⊇ [G,[G,G]]. In this paper, the Heisenberg characters of the quaternion Heisenberg, generalized Heisenberg, polarised Heisenberg and three other types of infinite Heisenberg groups are computed.

Keywords

• Heisenberg character, Heisenberg group