The sparsity of character tables of high rank groups of Lie type

Larsen, Michael; Miller, Alexander

doi:10.1090/ert/560

The sparsity of character tables of high rank groups of Lie type
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by Michael J. Larsen and Alexander R. Miller

Represent. Theory 25 (2021), 173-192

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/ert/560

Published electronically: March 4, 2021

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Abstract:

In the high rank limit, the fraction of non-zero character table entries of finite simple groups of Lie type goes to zero.

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