On certain McKay numbers of symmetric groups (Q6060200)

The Ferrers-Young diagram of a partition \(\lambda = \{\lambda_1 \geq \lambda_2 \geq \cdots \geq \lambda_t\}\) depicts \(\lambda\) as a left-justified two-dimensional grid with \(\lambda_k\) boxes in the \(k\)th row. If we denote the box in row \(i\) and column \(j\) by \((i, j)\), then the hook of \((i, j)\) consists of the box \((i, j)\) as well as the boxes directly below and directly to the right of \((i, j)\). The hook length, \(H(i, j)\), is the number of boxes in the hook of \((i, j)\) and the hook product of \(\lambda\) is then \[ H(\lambda):=\prod_{(i,j)} H(i,j). \] Considering the centrality of the hook product in representation theory, the authors define the family of functions \(\{p_\ell(a;n)\}_{a\geq0}\), where \[ p_\ell(a;n):=\# \{\lambda_n : \text{ord}_\ell (H(\lambda))=a\}. \] These partition values arise as the McKay numbers \[ m_\ell(\text{ord}_\ell(n!)-a; S_n) \] in the representation theory of the symmetric group. In this paper, for each prime \(\ell\), the authors investigate the divisibility properties of \(p_\ell(a; n)\) modulo any integer \(m\).