On the representation theory of the symmetric groups and associated Hecke algebras (Q1204395)

The author studies the representation theory of the symmetric groups by studying the Hecke algebras of the finite general linear groups using the fact that the group algebra for \(S_ n\) is a special case of such a Hecke algebra. This approach seems to avoid many computational difficulties which appeared in the work of \textit{R. Dipper} and \textit{G. James} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 52, 20-52 (1986; Zbl 0587.20007)]. Many aspects of the representation theory for \(S_ n\) are considered such as Specht modules, seminormal bases, primitive idempotents and the dimension of irreducible representations for the general linear group.