Strengthened Saxl conjecture for symmetric and alternating squares

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Let n=12k(k+1)n=\tfrac{1}{2}k(k+1) and let ρk=(k,…,2,1)⊢n\rho_k=(k,\ldots,2,1)\vdash n be the staircase partition. Write S2([ρk])S^2([\rho_k]) and A2([ρk])A^2([\rho_k]) for the symmetric and alternating parts of the Kronecker square [ρk]2[\rho_k]^2. Refinement of Saxl's conjecture. The symmetric part contains every irreducible character [λ][\lambda] of SnS_n, except [1n][1^n] when k≡2(mod4)k\equiv2\pmod 4; the alternating part contains all irreducible characters except [n][n], [n−1,1][n-1,1], [n−2,2][n-2,2], additionally [1n][1^n] when k≢2(mod4)k\not\equiv2\pmod4, and additionally [23][2^3] when k=3k=3. This strengthening is motivated by computational data and known results locating several constituents in the symmetric or alternating parts, but remains open.

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Christine Bessenrodt and Chris Bowman, “Splitting Kronecker squares, 2-decomposition numbers, Catalan Combinatorics, and the Saxl conjecture”, arXiv:2202.03066 (2023).

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