Basic Representations ofA(1)n−1andA(2)2nand the Combinatorics of Partitions☆
Basic Representations ofA(1)n−1andA(2)2nand the Combinatorics of Partitions☆
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A(1)n−1 和 A(2)2n 的基本表示以及划分的组合☆
DOI:
10.1006/aima.1998.1781
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
S. Leidwanger
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作者:
S. Leidwanger
There is a well-established connection between the combinatorics of partitions and the representation theory of affine Lie algebras (see for example [7, 20, 14], and a number of references in [13]). In particular, it has been proved that the string functions of the level 1 representations of the affine Lie algebras of type A, D, E have a simple expression in terms of the classical partition function (see [13], Chap. 12, 13). Similarly, the principal specialization of the character of these representations is the generating series of the number of partitions satisfying some simple constraints (see [13], Sect. 14.4. 4). The reason for that may be found in the explicit realizations of the level l representations by means of differential operators acting on polynomial rings, given by Frenkel Kac [6] in the homogeneous grading case and by Kac Kazhdan Lepowsky Wilson [16] in the principal grading case.Since the works of Frobenius and Young, the combinatorics of partitions is also well known to be related to the representation theory of the symmetric groups. In the 40's, Nakayama formulated a famous conjecture concerning the p-blocks of the groups Sm whose proof was first given by Brauer and Robinson. The modular representation theory of the symmetric groups was then developed by Robinson. He introduced the star diagram of a partition (also called the p-quotient) and showed that a partition is completely determined by its p-core and p-quotient. This allowed him to compute the number of ordinary and modular irreducible characters pertaining to a given block [31]. Robinson also defined some refined induction and restriction operators (called r-restriction and r-induction where r= 0,..., p&1) and used them to calculate decomposition matrices of symmetric groups.