Timeline for Representation theory of symmetric group for dummies
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| Sep 21, 2016 at 18:08 | comment | added | darij grinberg | In my list of lecture notes on algebraic combinatorics at m.se ( math.stackexchange.com/a/1454420 ), there is a section about Young tableaux and symmetric groups. This is not literally all about symmetric group representations, but some of the sources are very much readable. For example, the Wildon notes are very nice (I've read them). The book by Ceccherini-Silberstein, Scarabotti and Tolli appears quite readable as well. | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 17:40 | comment | added | Dima Pasechnik | Stanley's 2nd volume of www-math.mit.edu/~rstan/ec contains quite a bit on symmetric functions, which might be almost all you need... | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 11:55 | comment | added | Geoff Robinson | I find books by Gordon James readable ( there is also a book by James and Kerber), though maybe he goes into the modular theory more that you would want. | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 10:42 | comment | added | js21 | You can also read mat.univie.ac.at/~esiprpr/esi333.pdf. | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 10:39 | comment | added | js21 | and The Symmetric Group: Representations, Combinatorial Algorithms, and Symmetric Functions by Bruce Sagan, Springer | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 10:39 | comment | added | js21 | Representation Theory : A Combinational Viewpoint by Amritanshu Prasad, Cambridge studies in applied mathematics | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 10:36 | comment | added | aglearner | Thanks Mare, I can't google them. Could you give the reference? | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 10:31 | history | edited | aglearner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 21, 2016 at 10:30 | comment | added | Mare | the books by prasad and sagan are quite user friendly if you mean representation theory in characteristic zero. | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 10:28 | history | asked | aglearner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |