Zeros in the character tables of symmetric groups with an -core index

Abstract: Let

m a t h c a l C_{n} = l e f t [c h i_{l a m b d a} (m u) i g h t]_{l a m b d a, m u}

be the character table for

S_{n},

where the indices

l a m b d a

and

m u

run over the

p (n)

many integer partitions of

n .

In this note we study

Z_{e l l} (n),

the number of zero entries

c h i_{l a m b d a} (m u)

in

m a t h c a l C_{n},

where

l a m b d a

is an

e l l

-core partition of

n .

For every prime

e l l g e q 5,

we prove an asymptotic formula of the form

Z_{ell}(n)sim alpha_{ell}cdot sigma_{ell}(n+delta_{ell})p(n)gg_{ell} n^{frac{ell-5}{2}}e^{pisqrt{2n/3}},

where

s i g m a_{e l l} (n)

is a twisted Legendre symbol divisor function,

d e l t a_{e l l} := (e l l^{2} - 1) / 24,

and

1 / a l p h a_{e l l} > 0

is a normalization of the Dirichlet

L

-value

L l e f t (l e f t (f r a c c d o t e l l i g h t), f r a c e l l - 1 2 i g h t) .

For primes

e l l

and

n > e l l^{6} / 24,

we show that

c h i_{l a m b d a} (m u) = 0

whenever

l a m b d a

and

m u

are both

e l l

-cores. Furthermore, if

Z_{e l l}^{*} (n)

is the number of zero entries indexed by two

e l l

-cores, then for

e l l g e q 5

we obtain the asymptotic

Z^*_{ell}(n)sim alpha_{ell}^2 cdot sigma_{ell}( n+delta_{ell})^2 gg_{ell} n^{ell-3}.

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