Timeline for Representation theory of $S_n$
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| Apr 20, 2011 at 2:39 | vote | accept | Rex | ||
| Apr 19, 2011 at 12:57 | comment | added | Jim Humphreys | There's no need to study representations and combinatorics of symmetric groups in any wider representation context (as in Goldschmidt, Fulton-Harris, etc.), though that's often where serious applications occur. Sagan's modern textbook tends to follow the approach of the influential lecture notes by Gordon James, emphasizing characteristic-free formulations. This facilitates passage to prime characteristic where much recent research has been focused. | |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 6:26 | history | answered | Sam Nolen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |