Specht modules with abelian vertices

In this article, we consider indecomposable Specht modules with abelian vertices. We show that the corresponding partitions are necessarily $p^2$-cores where $p$ is the characteristic of the underlying field. Furthermore, in the case of $p\geq 3$, or $p=2$ and $\mu$ is 2-regular, we show that the complexity of the Specht module $S^\mu$ is precisely the $p$-weight of the partition $\mu$. In the latter case, we classify Specht modules with abelian vertices. For some applications of the above results, we extend a result of M. Wildon and compute the vertices of the Specht module $S^{(p^p)}$ for $p\geq 3$

Straightening rule for an m′m'-truncated polynomial ring

We consider a certain quotient of a polynomial ring categorified by both the isomorphic Green rings of the symmetric groups and Schur algebras generated by the signed Young permutation modules and mixed powers respectively. They have bases parametrised by pairs of partitions whose second partitions are multiples of the odd prime $p$ the characteristic of the underlying field. We provide an explicit formula rewriting a signed Young permutation module (respectively, mixed power) in terms of signed Young permutation modules (respectively, mixed powers) labelled by those pairs of partitions. As a result, for each partition $\lambda$, we discovered the number of compositions $\delta$ such that $\delta$ can be rearranged to $\lambda$ and whose partial sums of $\delta$ are not divisible by $p$

Signed Young Modules and Simple Specht Modules

By a result of Hemmer, every simple Specht module of a finite symmetric group over a field of odd characteristic is a signed Young module. While Specht modules are parametrized by partitions, indecomposable signed Young modules are parametrized by certain pairs of partitions. The main result of this article establishes the signed Young module labels of simple Specht modules. Along the way we prove a number of results concerning indecomposable signed Young modules that are of independent interest. In particular, we determine the label of the indecomposable signed Young module obtained by tensoring a given indecomposable signed Young module with the sign representation. As consequences, we obtain the Green vertices, Green correspondents, cohomological varieties, and complexities of all simple Specht modules and a class of simple modules of symmetric groups, and extend the results of Gill on periodic Young modules to periodic indecomposable signed Young modules.Comment: To appear in Adv. Math. 307 (2017) 369--416. Proposition 4.3 (F4), (F5) corrected, Lemma 4.9 adjusted accordingl

A note on the signature representations of the symmetric groups

For a partition {\lambda} and a prime p, we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for there exists a composition {\delta} such that {\delta} can be obtained from {\lambda} after rearrangement and all the partial sums of {\delta} are not divisible by p.Comment: This is a substantially revised version of previous ones. In the third section, we calculate some explicit p-Kostka number

Modular Idempotents for the Descent Algebras of Type A and Higher Lie Powers and Modules

The article focuses on four aspects related to the descent algebras of type $A$. They are modular idempotents, higher Lie powers, higher Lie modules and the right ideals of the symmetric group algebras generated by the Solomon's descent elements. More precisely, we give a construction for the modular idempotents, describe the dimension and character for higher Lie powers and study the structures of the higher Lie modules and the right ideals both in the ordinary and modular cases.Comment: This expands the previous version by including extra sections (4 and 6