On the First Occurence of Irreducible Representations of the Matrix Semigroup

Ton That Tri

Abstract

     Let Mn = M(n,Fp) be the semigroup of all  n x n matrices over the field  Fp of  p  elements, p a prime number. As well known, each irreducible  Mn module appears as a composition factor of the space of homogeneous polynomials in some degree d. The purpose of the paper is to determine the lowest degree d for some irreducibles modules.