Decomposition Numbers for Symmetric Groups and Composition Factors of Weyl Modules
Decomposition Numbers for Symmetric Groups and Composition Factors of Weyl Modules
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对称群的分解数和 Weyl 模的组成因子
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1996
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K. Erdmann
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K. Erdmann
Suppose S is the symmetric group of degree r and K is an algebraically r closed field of prime characteristic p. A major problem for the representation theory of S over K is that of understanding the decomposition r numbers, that is the multiplicities of the composition factors of the Specht modules. Ž . There is an analogue problem for polynomial representations of GL K , n namely that of understanding composition factors of Weyl modules. This appears to be a hard problem, and an answer to this is suggested by the Lusztig conjecture, for type A. w x It was discovered by Ja that the decomposition numbers for the symmetric group S are the same as composition multiplicities for Weyl r Ž . modules of GL K if r s n and that, conversely, most composition n Ž . factors of the Weyl modules of GL K of homogeneous degree n can be n calculated from decomposition numbers of S . n We shall prove here that in fact all composition multiplicities of Weyl modules are equal to decomposition numbers of symmetric groups if one allows r to vary. There are in fact precise formulae relating the composiŽ . tion multiplicities see 1.4 . These are known for a few years; they were proved using tilting modules and the theory of quasi-hereditary algebras Ž w x. see R; D; E . Here we observe that a particular case can be used to obtain the result which is given in 2.4.