The exceptional symmetric-group factorization conjecture for bismash products

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Let Sn=FGS_n=FG be an exact factorization of SnS_n with F≜S~n−kF\triangleq\widetilde{S}_{n-k} as in the classified cases for k=2k=2 or 33, and let GG be sharply kk-transitive. Set

H=kG#kF.H=\Bbbk^G\#\Bbbk F.

The exceptional factorization conjecture. The bismash product HH has an irreducible module with Schur indicator −1-1.

The claim predicts that the exceptional complements of the symmetric groups yield the negative Schur indicators that do not occur for the ordinary symmetric-group factorizations. The displayed example establishes this phenomenon for one factorization, while the stated general case remains conjectural.

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Joseph Timmer, “Indicators of Bismash Products from Exact Symmetric Group Factorizations”, arXiv:1412.4725 (2015).

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