Senior Thesis Presentation: "Representation Theory of the Symmetric Group"
Speaker: Zheyuan Li, Washington University in Saint Louis
Abstract: This is an expository paper that follows an independent study on elementary representation theory of the symmetric group. The report involves the presentation of the ideas and concepts of group representation, Young tableau, Specht module, Garnir relations, and the hook length formula and the synthesis of materials from several sources.
Host: John Shareshian