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Generalized blocks for symmetric groups

Authors :
Geoffrey R. Robinson
Burkhard Külshammer
Jørn B. Olsson
Source :
Inventiones mathematicae. 151:513-552
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2003.

Abstract

We study, via character-theoretic methods, an l-analogue of the modular representation theory of the symmetric group, for an arbitrary integer l≥2. We find that many of the invariants of the usual block theory (ie. when l is prime) generalize in a natural fashion to this new context.

Details

ISSN :
14321297 and 00209910
Volume :
151
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Inventiones mathematicae
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........4a875e1b15ab9718d3ac6cf48db694c1
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00222-002-0258-3