Wreath Generalization of Littlewood Reciprocity

Abstract

Given any $m$-dimensional complex representation $\eta$ of a finite group $G$ and any highest weight representation $V^{\lambda}$ of $\mathrm{GL}_{nm}(\mathbb{C})$ we may define an action of $G^n \rtimes \mathfrak{S}_n$ on $V^{\lambda}$ using the embedding $\mathrm{GL}_{m}(\mathbb{C})^n \rtimes \mathfrak{S}_n \leq \mathrm{GL}_{nm}(\mathbb{C})$ and $\eta: G \rightarrow \mathrm{GL}_m(\mathbb{C})$. We derive a branching rule for the multiplicities of irreducible $G^n \rtimes \mathfrak{S}_n$ representations in $V^{\lambda}.$ The formula generalizes Littlewood's reciprocity rule for branching between $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{C})$ and the symmetric group of permutation matrices $\mathfrak{S}_n \leq \mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{C}).$