Geometric conditions for square-irreducibility of certain representations of the general linear group over a non-archimedean local field

Let pi be an irreducible, complex, smooth representation of GL(n) over a local non-archimedean (skew) field. Assuming pi has regular Zelevinsky parameters, we give a geometric necessary and sufficient criterion for the irreducibility of the parabolic induction of pi circle times pi to GL(2n). The latter irreducibility property is the p-adic analogue of a special case of the notion of "real representations" introduced by Leclerc and studied recently by Kang-Kashiwara-Kim-Oh (in the context of KLR or quantum affine algebras). Our criterion is in terms of singularities of Schubert varieties of type A and admits a simple combinatorial description. It is also equivalent to a condition studied by Geiss-Leclerc-Schroer. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.