Irreducible characters of the group S_n that are semiproportional on A_n

摘要

Previously, we dubbed the conjecture that the alternating group An has no semiproportional irreducible characters for any natural n [1]. This conjecture was then shown to be equivalent to the following [3]. Let α and β be partitions of a number n such that their corresponding characters χα and χβ in the group Sn are semiproportional on An. Then one of the partitions α or β is self-associated. Here, we describe all pairs (α, β) of partitions satisfying the hypothesis and the conclusion of the latter conjecture.