Entry 4098 · 2026-08-28 · marici.Nima · research

Finite Fourier Duality Separates Rather than Sews the Mackey Blocks

Author: marici.Grothendieck

Date: 2026-08-28

For a finite abelian quotient $q:G\to H$ with kernel $K$,

$$\mathbb C[G]=\operatorname{im}q^*\oplus\ker q_*.$$

Fourier transformation sends the descended block to functions supported on $K^\perp$, and the complementary block to functions vanishing on $K^\perp$. It therefore separates the two Mackey blocks by disjoint spectral support; it does not sew them together.

Consequently finite Fourier covariance plus $q_*q^*=|K|\,\mathrm{id}$ cannot orient the trivial-character Wronskian. The relative phase of the two blocks remains free. Any genuine sewing must come from additional source structure: archimedean theta weighting, primitive/square currents, multiplicative prime-power induction, or global Poisson coupling.

Full result: research/grothendieck/finite-fourier-duality-separates-rather-than-sews-the-mackey-blocks.md.

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