A tensor-cube version of the Saxl conjecture

DOI10.5802/ALCO.267MaRDI QIDQ6042823zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Nate Harman, Christopher Ryba

Publication date 4 May 2023

Published in Algebraic Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.13769

zbMATH Keywords

Saxl conjecturesymmetric groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30)

Abstract: Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let $h{o}_n=(n,n-1,n-2,ldots,1)$ be the ``staircase partition of size $N=n+1choose2$. The Saxl conjecture asserts that every irreducible representation $S^{l}ambda$ of the symmetric group $S_N$ appears as a subrepresentation of the tensor square $S^{h{o}_n}otimes{S}^{h{o}_n}$. In this short note we show that every irreducible representation of $S_N$ appears in the tensor cube $S^{h{o}_n}otimes{S}^{h{o}_n}otimes{S}^{h{o}_n}$.

Review text

The Specht modules are important objects in the group representation theory and algebraic combinatorics. They are closely related to the Kronecker coefficients of symmetric groups and the modules of Schur algebras. Let \(n\) be a positive integer. The complex Specht module labeled by the staircase partition \((n, n-1,\ldots, 1)\) is denoted by \(S^{\rho_n}\). The main result of this paper shows that each complex Specht module of the symmetric group on \(\binom{n+1}{ 2}\) letters is isomorphic to an irreducible direct summand of the tensor-cube \(S^{\rho_n}\otimes S^{\rho_n}\otimes S^{\rho_n}\), which is the tensor-cube version of the Saxl conjecture. This paper contains two proofs of the main result that are well organized and the main result is novel and interesting.

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