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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 4 3 ii Solution by
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Let be a module homomorphism. Since is simple, is injective. Fix a -tableau ; its nonzero polytabloid then has . The sign sum in the column group satisfiesbecause every coefficient in the square receives equal contributions. Thus , and equivariance givesThe column antisymmetrizer therefore acts nontrivially on , so some basis tabloid has . The stated dominance from a nonzero column antisymmetrizer yieldsFor , the same calculation forces into the one-dimensional space . Write . Since generates the Specht module, equivariance gives for every , so is times the inclusion . That inclusion is nonzero, henceAs a useful consequence, if , their inclusions into give dominance both ways. Antisymmetry of the dominance order on partitions then gives , so different partitions produce nonisomorphic simple modules.
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