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On the Divisibility of Character Values of the Symmetric Group

Representation Theory 2020-06-18 v1

Abstract

Fix a partition μ=(μ1,,μm)\mu=(\mu_1,\dotsc,\mu_m) of an integer kk and positive integer dd. For each n>kn>k, let χμλ\chi^\lambda_\mu denote the value of the irreducible character of SnS_n at a permutation with cycle type (μ1,,μm,1nk)(\mu_1,\dotsc,\mu_m,1^{n-k}). We show that the proportion of partitions λ\lambda of nn such that χμλ\chi^\lambda_\mu is divisible by dd approaches 11 as nn approaches infinity.

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@article{arxiv.1904.12130,
  title  = {On the Divisibility of Character Values of the Symmetric Group},
  author = {Jyotirmoy Ganguly and Amritanshu Prasad and Steven Spallone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.12130},
  year   = {2020}
}