The non-exceptional symmetric-group factorization conjecture for Schur indicators

Let Sn=FGS_n=F\cdot G be an exact factorization with F>G|F|>|G|, and suppose FF is not one of the exceptional groups S~nk\widetilde{S}_{n-k} in the classified cases. Set

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

Non-exceptional factorization conjecture. The Schur indicator of every irreducible HH-module is 00 or 11.

This would identify the exceptional factorizations as the only badly behaved factorizations. The assertion is supported by the theorem covering factorizations with n10n\leq10 under the additional stated cycle hypothesis, but is open in general.

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

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