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Martingales and character ratios

Representation Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Probability

Abstract

Some general connections between martingales and character ratios of finite groups are developed. As an application we sharpen the convergence rate in a central limit theorem for the character ratio of a random representation of the symmetric group on transpositions. A generalization of these results is given for Jack measure on partitions. We also give a probabilistic proof of a result of Burnside and Brauer on the decomposition of tensor products.

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@article{arxiv.math/0402409,
  title  = {Martingales and character ratios},
  author = {Jason Fulman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0402409},
  year   = {2007}
}

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22 pages