Download or read book Linear and Projective Representations of Symmetric Groups written by Alexander Kleshchev and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The representation theory of symmetric groups is one of the most beautiful, popular and important parts of algebra, with many deep relations to other areas of mathematics. Kleshchev describes a new approach to the subject, based on the recent work of Lascoux, Leclerc, Thibon, Ariki, Grojnowski and Brundan, as well as his own