A simple counting argument of the irreducible representations of SU(N) on mixed product spaces

DOI10.1007/S10801-018-0853-ZzbMATH Open1428.05313arXiv1712.05423OpenAlexW3100785322MaRDI QIDQ2011390FDOQ2011390

Authors: J. Alcock-Zeilinger, Heribert Weigert 

Publication date: 6 December 2019

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

Abstract: It is a well known result that the number of irreducible representations of SU(N) on a tensor product containing k factors of a vector space V is given by the number of involutions in the symmetric group on k letters. In this paper, we present an alternative proof for this fact using a basis of projection and transition operators of the algebra of invariants of SU(N). This proof easily generalizes to the irreducible representations of SU(N) on mixed tensor product spaces (consisting of factors of V as well as its dual space). This implies that the number of irreducible representation of SU(N) on such a space remains unchanged if one exchanges factors V for its dual and vice versa, as long as the total number of factors remains unchanged.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05423

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zbMATH Keywords

representation theorytableauxspecial unitary groupcounting irreducible representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Representation theory of groups (20C99) Combinatorial aspects of groups and algebras (05E16)

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