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Rational structures on quivers and a generalization of Gelfand's equivalence

Fabian Januszewski
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We introduce the notion of rational structure on a quiver and associated representations to establish a coherent framework for studying quiver representations in separable field extensions. This notion is linked to a refinement of the notion of $K$-species, which we term étale $K$-species: We establish a categorical anti-equivalence between the category of $K$-rational quivers and that of étale $K$-species, which extends to an equivalence of their respective representation categories. For $K$-rational quivers there is a canonical notion of base change, which suggests a corresponding notion of base change for (étale) $K$-species which we elaborate. As a primary application, we generalize Gelfand's celebrated equivalence between certain blocks of Harish-Chandra modules for $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{R})$ and representations of the Gelfand quiver to a rational setting. To this end, we define a $\mathbb{Q}$-rational structure on the Gelfand quiver and its representations. A key technical tool, which we call unipotent stabilization, is developed to construct the functor from certain rational Harish-Chandra modules to nilpotent rational quiver representations. We prove that this functor is an equivalence. A similar result is established for the cyclic quiver. A notable consequence of this rational framework is that the defining relation of the Gelfand quiver becomes superfluous when working over fields not containing $\sqrt{-1}$. This allows us to recast our results in the language of $\mathbb{Q}$-species without relations.

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Fabian Januszewski. 2025-06-29. Rational structures on quivers and a generalization of Gelfand's equivalence. https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23251

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