The probability that a character value is zero for the symmetric group.

DOI10.1007/S00209-014-1290-XzbMATH Open1317.20007arXiv1306.1219OpenAlexW2963715885MaRDI QIDQ2509934FDOQ2509934

Authors: A. Miller 

Publication date: 31 July 2014

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider random character values X(g) of the symmetric group on n symbols, where X is chosen at random from the set of irreducible characters and g is chosen at random from the group, and we show that X(g)=0 with probability tending to one as n tends to infinity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.1219

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zbMATH Keywords

partitionsalternating groupssymmetric groupsrandom elementsirreducible characterscharacter valuesMurnaghan-Nakayama rulerandom characters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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