Irreducible tensor products of representations of covering groups of symmetric and alternating groups

Morotti, Lucia

doi:10.1090/ert/576

Irreducible tensor products of representations of covering groups of symmetric and alternating groups
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by Lucia Morotti

Represent. Theory 25 (2021), 543-593

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/ert/576

Published electronically: June 25, 2021

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Abstract:

In this paper we completely classify irreducible tensor products of covering groups of symmetric and alternating groups in characteristic $\not =2$.

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