Generalized characters of the symmetric group

Normalized irreducible characters of the symmetric group S(n) can be understood as zonal spherical functions of the Gelfand pair (S(n)×S(n),diagS(n)). They form an orthogonal basis in the space of the functions on the group S(n) invariant with respect to conjugations by S(n). In this paper we consider a different Gelfand pair connected with the symmetric group, that is an “unbalanced” Gelfand pair (S(n)×S(n−1),diagS(n−1)). Zonal spherical functions of this Gelfand pair form an orthogonal basis in a larger space of functions on S(n), namely in the space of functions invariant with respect to conjugations by S(n−1). We refer to these zonal spherical functions as normalized generalized characters of S(n). The main discovery of the present paper is that these generalized characters can be computed on the same level as the irreducible characters of the symmetric group. The paper gives a Murnaghan-Nakayama type rule, a Frobenius type formula, and an analogue of the determinantal formula for the generalized characters of S(n).     

The Hyperoctahedral Group,Symmetric Group Representations and the Moments of the Real Wishart Distribution

In this paper, we compute all the moments of the real Wishart distribution. To do so, we use the Gelfand pair (S_2k,H), where H is the hyperoctahedral group, the representation theory of H and some techniques based on graphs.     

Symmetric Group Decomposition Numbers for Some Three-Part Partitions

The decomposition numbers d _λμ for Specht modules S ^λ of partitions λ with three parts and whose third part is at most p ? 1 are obtained by induction and by using “node removal rules” developed in James and Williams (2000 James , G. D. , Williams , A. L. (2000). Decomposition numbers of symmetric groups by induction. J. Algebra 228:119–142. [CSA] [CROSSREF]  [Google Scholar]).     

Sum of Element Orders of Maximal Subgroups of the Symmetric Group

For a finite group G, let ψ(G) denote the sum of element orders of G. The aim of this article is to show that ψ(H) < ψ(A _n ) for every proper subgroup H of the symmetric group of degree n, which is different from the alternating group A _n .     

Specht Modules and Simple Modules for Centralizer Algebras of the Symmetric Group

Let Σ_n be the symmetric group on n letters. For l ≤ n identify Σ_l with a subgroup of Σ_n in the natural way. Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic p. This article begins to develop a theory for modules over the centralizer algebras kΣ_n^Σ_l that is analogous to James's theory of permutation modules, Specht modules, and simple modules over kΣ_n. We make a conjecture about how to construct all simple kΣ_n^Σ_l-modules, we develop tools to test the conjecture, and we prove that it is correct for all n when l < p.     

Conjugacy in Permutation Representations of the Symmetric Group

Although the conjugacy classes of the general linear group are known, it is not obvious (from the canonic form of matrices) that two permutation matrices are similar if and only if they are conjugate as permutations in the symmetric group, i.e., that conjugacy classes of S _n do not unite under the natural representation. We prove this fact, and give its application to the enumeration of fixed points under a natural action of S _n  × S _n . We also consider the permutation representations of S _n which arise from the action of S _n on ordered tuples and on unordered subsets, and classify which of them unite conjugacy classes and which do not.     

Symmetric Group Modules with Specht and Dual Specht Filtrations

The author and Nakano recently proved that multiplicities in a Specht filtration of a symmetric group module are well-defined precisely when the characteristic is at least five. This result suggested the possibility of a symmetric group theory analogous to that of good filtrations and tilting modules for GL _n (k). This article is an initial attempt at such a theory. We obtain two sufficient conditions that ensure a module has a Specht filtration, and a formula for the filtration multiplicities. We then study the categories of modules that satisfy the conditions, in the process obtaining a new result on Specht module cohomology.

Next we consider symmetric group modules that have both Specht and dual Specht filtrations. Unlike tilting modules for GL _n (k), these modules need not be self-dual, and there is no nice tensor product theorem. We prove a correspondence between indecomposable self-dual modules with Specht filtrations and a collection of GL _n (k)-modules which behave like tilting modules under the tilting functor. We give some evidence that indecomposable self-dual symmetric group modules with Specht filtrations may be indecomposable self dual trivial source modules.     

对称群S5的表示环

本文利用有限群特征标理论计算了对称群S₅的所有不可约复表示的幂公式.根据求解幂公式过程中得到的S₅任意两个不可约表示张量积的分解情况,作者刻画了S₅上表示环r(S₅)及其若干结构性质,如极小生成元关系式表达、单位群、本原幂等元、行列式与Casimir数.     

Partitioning Quadrics, Symmetric Group Divisible Designs and Caps

Using partitionings of quadrics we give a geometric construction of certain symmetric group divisible designs. It is shown that some of them at least are self-dual. The designs that we construct here relate to interesting work — some of it very recent — by D. Jungnickel and by E. Moorhouse. In this paper we also give a short proof of an old result of G. Pellegrino concerning the maximum size of a cap in AG(4,3) and its structure. Semi-biplanes make their appearance as part of our construction in the three dimensional case.     

对称矩阵与反对称矩阵广义特征值反问题的拓广

定义了上三角等次对角线矩阵和上三角交错次对角线矩阵;讨论了矩阵方程AX-XA=0的对称解与AX XA=0的反对称解.在此基础上考虑了以下问题的可解性:给定A∈Rn×m,D∈Rm×m,分别求X,Y∈SRn×n和X,Y∈ASRn×n,使得XA=YDA.     

Symmetric Elements Under Oriented Involutions in Group Rings

Let RG denote the group ring of a group G over a commutative ring with unity R. Given a homomorphism σ:G → {± 1} and an involution ? of the group G, an oriented invoultion ^σ? of RG is defined in a natural way. We characterize when the set of symmetric elements under this involution is a subring. This gives a unified setting for earlier work of several authors.     

Divisibility Graph for Symmetric and Alternating Groups

Let X be a nonempty set of positive integers and X* = X?{1}. The divisibility graph D(X) has X* as the vertex set, and there is an edge connecting a and b with a, b ∈ X* whenever a divides b or b divides a. Let X = cs(G) be the set of conjugacy class sizes of a group G. In this case, we denote D(cs(G)) by D(G). In this paper, we will find the number of connected components of D(G) where G is the symmetric group S _n or is the alternating group A _n .     

Schur Orthogonality Relations for the Finitary Infinite Symmetric Group

Let S f be the finitary infinite symmetric group. For a certain class of irreducible unitary representations of S f , a version of Schur orthogonality relations is proved. That is, we construct an invariant inner product on the matrix coefficient space of each representation and show that matrix coefficients for distinct representations are orthogonal with respect to these norms.     

Schur Orthogonality Relations for the Finitary Infinite Symmetric Group

Let S f be the finitary infinite symmetric group. For a certain class of irreducible unitary representations of S f , a version of Schur orthogonality relations is proved. That is, we construct an invariant inner product on the matrix coefficient space of each representation and show that matrix coefficients for distinct representations are orthogonal with respect to these norms.     

The Minimal Number of Cyclic Generators of the Symmetric and Alternating Groups

The aim of this note is to find the minimal number of generators of the symmetric group S _n and alternating group A _n , when the generators are cycles of length at most k. The approach is constructive.     

Group Rings Whose Symmetric Units Generate an n-Engel Group

Let F be an infinite field of characteristic different from 2 and G a torsion group. Write 𝒰⁺(FG) for the set of units in the group ring FG that are symmetric with respect to the classical involution induced from the map g ? g ^?1, for all g ∈ G. We classify the groups such that ?𝒰⁺(FG)? is n-Engel.     

Clarke Generalized Jacobian of the Projection onto Symmetric Cones

In this paper, we give an exact expression for Clarke generalized Jacobian of the projection onto symmetric cones, which generalizes and unifies the existing related results on second-order cones and the cones of symmetric positive semi-definite matrices over the reals. Our characterization of the Clarke generalized Jacobian exposes a connection to rank-one matrices.