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Transition matrices between Young's natural and seminormal representations

Representation Theory 2020-12-08 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We derive a formula for the entries in the change-of-basis matrix between Young's seminormal and natural representations of the symmetric group. These entries are determined as sums over weighted paths in the weak Bruhat graph on standard tableaux, and we show that they can be computed recursively as the weighted sum of at most two previously-computed entries in the matrix. We generalize our results to work for affine Hecke algebras, Ariki-Koike algebras, Iwahori-Hecke algebras, and complex reflection groups given by the wreath product of a finite cyclic group with the symmetric group.

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@article{arxiv.2012.03828,
  title  = {Transition matrices between Young's natural and seminormal representations},
  author = {Sam Armon and Tom Halverson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.03828},
  year   = {2020}
}

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25 pages

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