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On a Theorem of Osima and Nagao

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. S. Frame
Affiliation:
Michigan State College
G. de B. Robinson
Affiliation:
Michigan State College
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If we define the weight b of a Young diagram containing n nodes to be the number of removable p-hooks where n = a + bp, then three fundamental theorems stand out in the modular representation theory of the symmetric group Sn.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1954

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