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For a prime $p$, we determine a Sylow $p$-subgroup $D$ of a finite group $G$ such that the principal $p$-block $B$ of $G$ has four irreducible ordinary characters. It has been determined already for the cases where the number is up to three…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-25 Shigeo Koshitani , Taro Sakurai

We classify Sylow $p$-subgroups of finite groups whose principal $p$-blocks have precisely six ordinary irreducible characters.

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Nguyen N. Hung , A. A. Schaeffer Fry , Carolina Vallejo

We prove a broad generalization of a theorem of W. Burnside on real characters using permutation characters. Under a necessary hypothesis, We can give some control on multiplicities (a result that needs the Classification of Finite Simple…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-08 Robert Guralnick , Gabriel Navarro

We show that almost every entry in the character table of $S_N$ is divisible by any fixed prime as $N\to\infty$. This proves a conjecture of Miller.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-09 Sarah Peluse , Kannan Soundararajan

The concept of $S$-characters of finite groups was introduced by Zhmud' as a generalisation of transitive permutation characters. Any non-trivial $S$-character takes a zero value on some group element. By a deep result depending on the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-18 Thomas Breuer , Michael Joswig , Gunter Malle

It is becoming increasingly clear that the supercharacter theory of the finite group of unipotent upper-triangular matrices has a rich combinatorial structure built on set-partitions that is analogous to the partition combinatorics of the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2008-12-15 Nathaniel Thiem

In this paper we prove that a recent condition of Lyons--Mart\'inez--Navarro--Tiep, regarding the field of values of extensions of characters in principal blocks, is satisfied for all finite simple groups, which when combined with their…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-17 L. Ruhstorfer , A. A. Schaeffer Fry

We prove a closed character formula for the symmetric powers $S^N V(\lambda)$ of a fixed irreducible representation $V(\lambda)$ of a complex semi-simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ by means of partial fraction decomposition. The formula…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-09-22 Stavros Kousidis

The decomposition matrix of a finite group in prime characteristic p records the multiplicities of its p-modular irreducible representations as composition factors of the reductions modulo p of its irreducible representations in…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-21 Eugenio Giannelli , Mark Wildon

We give explicit multiplicities and formulas for multiplicities of characters appearing in the decomposition of the induced character Ind^{S_{2n}}_{C_{S_{2n}}({\sigma})} 1_C, where {\sigma} is an n-cycle, C_{S_{2n}}({\sigma}) is the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2012-02-13 Joseph Ricci

For a block B of a finite group G there are well-known orthogonality relations for the generalized decomposition numbers. We refine these relations by expressing the generalized decomposition numbers with respect to an integral basis of a…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-11-23 Benjamin Sambale

We identify two seemingly disparate structures: supercharacters, a useful way of doing Fourier analysis on the group of unipotent uppertriangular matrices with coefficients in a finite field, and the ring of symmetric functions in…

We relate the linear asymptotic representation theory of the symmetric groups to its spin counterpart. In particular, we give explicit formulas which express the normalized irreducible spin characters evaluated on a strict partition $\xi$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Sho Matsumoto , Piotr Śniady

We study the restriction to Sylow subgroups of irreducible characters of symmetric groups. In particular, we focus our attention on constituents of degree greater than 1. Our main result is a wide generalization of Theorem 3.1 of Giannelli…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-01-19 Eugenio Giannelli , Giada Volpato

In \cite{[CZ]}, Cohen and Zemel showed that for a partition $\lambda \vdash k$, the dimension of the irreducible representation of $S_{n}$ corresponding to the partition $(n-k,\lambda) \vdash n$ is a polynomial of degree $k$ in $n$, whose…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Tom Moshaiov , Shaul Zemel

Let $G$ be a finite symmetric, general linear, or general unitary group defined over a field of characteristic coprime to $3$. We construct a canonical correspondence between irreducible characters of degree coprime to $3$ of $G$ and those…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-26 Eugenio Giannelli , Joan Tent , Pham Tiep

Many finite groups, including all finite non-abelian simple groups, can be symmetrically generated by involutions. In this paper we give an algorithm to symmetrically represent elements of finite groups and to transform symmetrically…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Z. Hasan , A. Kasouha

We prove that the number of irreducible real characters in a nilpotent block of a finite group is locally determined. We further conjecture that the Frobenius-Schur indicators of those characters can be computed for p=2 in terms of the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Benjamin Sambale

We study a spectral problem related to the finite-dimensional characters of the groups $Sp(2N)$, $SO(2N+1)$, and $SO(2N)$, which form the classical series $C$, $B$, and $D$, respectively. The irreducible characters of these three series are…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Grigori Olshanski

Finding upper bounds for character ratios is a fundamental problem in asymptotic group theory. Previous bounds in the symmetric group have led to remarkable applications in unexpected domains. The existing approaches predominantly relied on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Noam Lifshitz , Avichai Marmor