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Source for: a permutation group is multiplicity-free if and only if its 2-orbits define an association scheme
I have recently proven the following (at least, so I believe):
Theorem. Given a permutation group $\Sigma\subseteq\mathrm{Sym}(\Omega)$ on the set $\Omega:=\{1,...,n\}$, the following are equivalent:
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Permutation groups having a regular cyclic subgroup and a conjectured algebra of characters
Let $G$ be a transitive permutation group of degree $d$ having a cyclic regular subgroup $K = \langle k \rangle \cong C_d$. Let $\pi(g) = |\mathrm{Fix}(g)|$ be the permutation character of $G$ and let
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What did Frobenius prove about $M_{12}$?
I am interested in this paper which I can't read because it's in German:
Frobenius, G., Über die Charaktere der mehrfach transitiven Gruppen., Berl. Ber. 1904, 558-571 (1904). ZBL35.0154.02.
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A sum over characters of $S_{2n}$ and zonal spherical functions of $(S_{2n},H_n)$
The hyperoctahedral group $H_n$ can be seen as the centralizer of the permutation $(12)(34)\cdots (2n-1\,2n)$ in $S_{2n}$. It has $2^nn!$ elements.
The quantities $$ \omega_\lambda(\pi)=\frac{1}{2^...
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