Spin character-square conjecture for double covers of alternating groups

Let A~n\widetilde{A}_n be the double cover of the alternating group AnA_n, and let Irr(A~n)\operatorname{Irr}(\widetilde{A}_n) denote its irreducible characters. A character is called spin when it is faithful, and a character is non-faithful when it factors through AnA_n. Spin character-square conjecture. For any n5n\geq 5, there is a spin character χIrr(A~n)\chi\in\operatorname{Irr}(\widetilde{A}_n) whose square χ2\chi^2 contains all non-faithful ψIrr(A~n)\psi\in\operatorname{Irr}(\widetilde{A}_n). GAP data through n=25n=25 provides evidence, and the source notes that the proportion of spin characters with the stated property appears to grow with nn; the general assertion remains open.

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Christine Bessenrodt, “Critical classes, Kronecker products of spin characters, and the Saxl conjecture”, arXiv:1704.00707 (2017).

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