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

Larsen, Michael; Miller, Alexander

doi:10.1090/ert/560

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

Authors: Michael J. Larsen and Alexander R. Miller
Journal: Represent. Theory 25 (2021), 173-192
MSC (2020): Primary 20C33
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/ert/560
Published electronically: March 4, 2021
MathSciNet review: 4224713
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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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