Covariant representations of algebraic group actions and applications

Abstract

If $G$ is an algebraic affine group acting on an affine variety $X$, there is a natural notion of covariant representation for the pair $(G,X)$. In this paper, we classify the irreducible covariant representations for any such pair by adapting the Mackey machine to this algebraic setting. Next, we give applications for continuous representations of motion groups on Banach spaces and other related examples.