characterTable -- returns the character table of the symmetric group

Synopsis

Usage:

characterTable n
Inputs:
- n, an integer, the degree of the symmetric group
Outputs:
- an instance of the type CharacterTable, the character table with the irreducible characters of $S_n$ indexed by partitions

Description

This method construct the irreducible characters of $S_n$. The method works by recursively calculating the character tables for the permutation modules of $S_n$. Then applying Gram-Schimdt algorithm to this characters using the inner product of characters we obtain the irreducible characters of $S_n$

Ways to use characterTable :

characterTable(ZZ)

For the programmer

The object characterTable is a method function.

characterTable -- returns the character table of the symmetric group

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Ways to use characterTable :

For the programmer