Dimensions of the irreducible representations of the symmetric and alternating group (Q727046)

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Dimensions of the irreducible representations of the symmetric and alternating group
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    Dimensions of the irreducible representations of the symmetric and alternating group (English)
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    6 December 2016
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    Summary: We establish the existence of an irreducible representation of \(A_n\) whose dimension does not occur as the dimension of an irreducible representation of \(S_n\), and vice versa. This proves a conjecture by \textit{H. P. Tong-Viet} [J. Algebra 334, No. 1, 275--284 (2011; Zbl 1246.20007)]. The main ingredient in the proof is a result on large prime factors in short intervals.
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    representations
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    symmetric group
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    alternating group
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    hook formula
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    primes in short intervals
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