Institute for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Abstract:
Let denote the order complex of the partition lattice. The natural -action on the set induces an -action on . We show that the regular CW complex is collapsible. Even more, we show that is collapsible, where is a suitable type selection of the partition lattice. This allows us to generalize and reprove in a conceptual way several previous results regarding the multiplicity of the trivial character in the -representation on .