An indicator formula for the Hopf algebra k^S_n-1\# kC_n

Abstract: The semisimple bismash product Hopf algebra

for an algebraically closed field

k

is constructed using the matched pair actions of

C_{n}

and

S_{n - 1}

on each other. In this work, we reinterpret these actions and use an understanding of the involutions of

S_{n - 1}

to derive a new Froebnius-Schur indicator formula for irreps of

J_{n}

and show that for

n

odd, all indicators of

J_{n}

are nonnegative. We also derive a variety of counting formulas including Theorem 6.2.2 which fully describes the indicators of all

2

-dimensional irreps of

J_{n}

and Theorem 6.1.2 which fully describes the indicators of all odd-dimensional irreps of

J_{n}

and use these formulas to show that nonzero indicators become rare for large

n

.

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