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Past exam of the Lie algebras and representation theory of symmetric groups course of the University of Oxford 2008 B 7 a Solution by
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The permutation module has a basis consisting of row tabloids of shape : tableaux are identified when each row has the same set of entries. A permutation acts by applying it to every entry, and the action is extended linearly over . Its dimension is .
Here the two singleton rows form an ordered pair of distinct entries, soA standard tableau of the same shape must put one in its top-left corner. Choose two entries from for the two remaining boxes of the first column, in increasing order; all other entries then fill the top row in increasing order. Thus the standard-polytabloid basis gives
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