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SQUARES IN THE CENTRE OF THE GROUP ALGEBRA OF A SYMMETRIC GROUP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2002

JOHN MURRAY
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, 62 Logic Hall, South Campus, National University of Ireland-Maynooth, Irelandjmurray@maths.may.ie
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Abstract

Let Z be the centre of the group algebra of a symmetric group [Sscr ](n) over a field F characteristic p. One of the principal results of this paper is that the image of the Frobenius map zzp, for zZ, lies in span Zp of the p-regular class sums. When p = 2, the image even coincides with Z2′. Furthermore, in all cases Zp forms a subalgebra of Z. Let pt be the p-exponent of [Sscr ](n). Then jpt = 0, for each element j of the Jacobson radical J of Z. It is shown that there exists jJ such that jpt−1 ≠ 0. Most of the results are formulated in terms of the p-blocks of [Sscr ](n).

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© 2002 The London Mathematical Society

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