Properties of some character tables related to the symmetric groups

DOI10.1007/S10801-005-6906-0zbMATH Open1062.05144arXivmath/0403110OpenAlexW1969406901MaRDI QIDQ1781813FDOQ1781813

Authors: Christine Bessenrodt, Jørn B. Olsson, Richard P. Stanley 

Publication date: 8 June 2005

Published in: Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We determine invariants like the Smith normal form and the determinant for certain integral matrices which arise from the character tables of the symmetric groups S_n and their double covers. In particular, we give a simple computation, based on the theory of Hall-Littlewood symmetric functions, of the determinant of the regular character table of S_n with respect to an integer r>1. This result had earlier been proved by Olsson in a longer and more indirect manner. As a consequence, we obtain a new proof of the Mathas' Conjecture on the determinant of the Cartan matrix of the Iwahori-Hecke algebra. When r is prime we determine the Smith normal form of the regular character table. Taking r large yields the Smith normal form of the full character table of S_n. Analogous results are then given for spin characters.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0403110

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zbMATH Keywords

determinantsymmetric functionsCartan matrixSmith normal formspinspin character

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Ordinary representations and characters (20C15)

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• Inferior regular partitions and Glaisher correspondence
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• On a relation between certain character values of symmetric groups and its connection with creation operators of symmetric functions
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• In memoriam: Christine Bessenrodt (1958--2022)

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