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Preface |
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1 Basic Concepts of Representation Theory |
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1 | (31) |
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1.1 Representations and Modules |
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1 | (4) |
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1.2 Invariant Subspaces and Simplicity |
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5 | (2) |
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1.3 Complete Reducibility |
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7 | (4) |
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11 | (2) |
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1.5 Decomposing the Regular Module |
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13 | (6) |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (7) |
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1.8 Representations over Complex Numbers |
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29 | (3) |
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2 Permutation Representations |
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32 | (19) |
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2.1 Group Actions and Permutation Representations |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (5) |
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2.3 Partition Representations |
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39 | (2) |
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2.4 Intertwining Permutation Representations |
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41 | (3) |
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2.5 Subset Representations |
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44 | (2) |
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2.6 Intertwining Partition Representations |
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46 | (5) |
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51 | (19) |
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3.1 Semistandard Young Tableaux |
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51 | (5) |
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3.2 The RSK Correspondence |
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56 | (12) |
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3.3 Classification of Simple Representations of Sn |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (26) |
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4.1 Inversions and the Sign Character |
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70 | (3) |
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4.2 Twisting by a Multiplicative Character |
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73 | (2) |
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4.3 Conjugate of a Partition |
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75 | (4) |
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4.4 Twisting by the Sign Character |
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79 | (1) |
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4.5 The Dual RSK Correspondence |
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80 | (3) |
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4.6 Representations of Alternating Groups |
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83 | (13) |
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96 | (45) |
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5.1 The Ring of Symmetric Functions |
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96 | (2) |
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5.2 Other Bases for Homogeneous Symmetric Functions |
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98 | (9) |
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5.3 Specialization to m Variables |
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107 | (3) |
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5.4 Schur Functions and the Frobenius Character Formula |
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110 | (7) |
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5.5 Frobenius' Characteristic Function |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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5.7 Littlewood--Richardson Coefficients |
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120 | (4) |
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5.8 The Hook--Length Formula |
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124 | (3) |
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5.9 The Involution Sλ Sλ' |
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127 | (2) |
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5.10 The Jacobi--Trudi Identities |
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129 | (3) |
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5.11 The Recursive Murnaghan--Nakayama Formula |
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132 | (4) |
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5.12 Character Values of Alternating Groups |
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136 | (5) |
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6 Representations of General Linear Groups |
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141 | (19) |
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6.1 Polynomial Representations |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (6) |
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6.3 Schur Algebras and Symmetric Groups |
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148 | (2) |
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6.4 Modules of a Commutant |
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150 | (3) |
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6.5 Characters of the Simple Representations |
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153 | (2) |
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6.6 Polynomial Representations of the Torus |
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155 | (3) |
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6.7 Weight Space Decompositions |
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158 | (2) |
Hints and Solutions to Selected Exercises |
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160 | (22) |
Suggestions for Further Reading |
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182 | (3) |
References |
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185 | (4) |
Index |
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