The Module Decomposition of Super-Symmetric Powers of Matrices

ABSTRACT

Let M be the k  ×  m matrices over ?. The GL ( k ) ×  GL ( m ) decompositions of the symmetric and of the exterior powers of M are described by two classical theorems. We describe a theorem for Lie superalgebras, which implies both of these classical theorems as special cases. The constructions of both the exterior and the symmetric algebras are generalized to a class of algebras defined by partitions. That superalgebra theorem is further generalized to these algebras.