Weights of Partitions and Character Zeros

Motivated by a question on the zeros of irreducible characters of the symmetric and alternating groups, we classify partitions which are of maximal p-weight for all odd primes p.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2004
• Where: COMBINATORICS
• Authors: Christine Bessenrodt, Jørn B. Olsson
• Keywords: Alternating Groups, COMBINATORICS 2004, Irreducible Characters, Maximal P-weight