Transitive powers of Young-Jucys-Murphy elements are central.

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2009.01.004zbMath1196.20016arXiv0704.1100OpenAlexW2963213238MaRDI QIDQ1021435

Ian P. Goulden, David M. Jackson

Publication date: 8 June 2009

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1100

zbMATH Keywords

centersalgebraic combinatoricsgroup algebras of symmetric groupsbranched covers of sphereYoung-Jucys-Murphy elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Permutations, words, matrices (05A05) Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30)

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