Character theory at a torsion element

Abstract

The paper relates character value of an irreducible representation of a compact connected Lie group at certain elements of finite order with the dimension of a representation on another group, up to some precise constants, which all have significance. An important input is to analyse torsion elements of order d in an adjoint group with minimal dimensional centraliser, and to prove that in most cases when d divides the Coxeter number of G, this gives rise to a unique conjugacy class.