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Efficient decomposition algorithm for characters of symmetric groups

Let $\chi$ be a rational character of $G:=S_n$, and we want to know whether it decomposes into irreducibles $\chi_\lambda$, for $\lambda\in\Lambda$, with $\Lambda$ given, as $$ \chi=\sum_{\lambda\in\...
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Character theoretic proof of the Littlewood–Richardson rule?

The Littlewood–Richardson coefficients are the multiplicities $$ c(\lambda,\mu,\nu)= \dim_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}_{S_n}(S(\nu),S(\lambda/\mu)) $$ and the Littlewood–Richardson rule says that ...