Saxl’s conjecture and universal tensor squares. Proves Saxl's conjecture: the tensor square of every staircase representation contains every irreducible complex representation of the corresponding symmetric group. More generally, every Sn with $n\notin\{2,4,9\}$ has an irreducible representation whose tensor square contains all irreducibles.
released 2026-09-24 | 2 theorems · 22 lemmas · 29 proofs · 16,186 words |
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For every positive integer n other than 2, 4, and 9, we prove that some irreducible complex representation of Sn has a tensor square containing every irreducible representation. This resolves the tensor square conjecture for symmetric groups affirmatively.
released 2026-09-24 | 2 theorems · 7 lemmas · 11 proofs · 7,410 words |
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For every staircase partition, we prove that the tensor square of the corresponding irreducible complex representation of the symmetric group contains every irreducible representation of that group. This proves Saxl's conjecture.