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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 103 2 a Solution by
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Use the Young–Jucys–Murphy elements in the group algebra . Their joint spectrum isEquivalently one can use the regular representation, which contains every irreducible representation. The commuting elements are self-adjoint in a unitary representation, so there is a simultaneous eigenbasis.
A standard Young tableau has entries increasing along each row and down each column. If entry occupies cell , its Content of a Young-diagram cell is . Define the set of content vectors of standard Young tableaux byThe shape here is a partition of an integer; it is not itself the vector of eigenvalues. For both sets consist of .
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