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

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Let Sn=F⋅GS_n=F\cdot G be an exact factorization with ∣F∣>∣G∣|F|>|G|, and suppose FF is not one of the exceptional groups S~n−k\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 n≤10n\leq10 under the additional stated cycle hypothesis, but is open in general.

References

Primary source

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

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