Linear and Projective Representations of Symmetric Groups

Kleshchev describes a new approach to the subject of the representation theory of symmetric groups.

Preface; Part I. Linear Representations: 1. Notion and generalities; 2. Symmetric groups I; 3. Degenerate affine Hecke algebra; 4. First results on Hn modules; 5. Crystal operators; 6. Character calculations; 7. Integral representations and cyclotomic Hecke algebras; 8. Functors e and f; 9. Construction of Uz and irreducible modules; 10. Identification of the crystal; 11. Symmetric groups II; Part II. Projective Representations: 12. Generalities on superalgebra; 13. Sergeev superalgebras; 14. Affine Sergeev superalgebras; 15. Integral representations and cyclotomic Sergeev algebras; 16. First results on Xn modules; 17. Crystal operators fro Xn; 18. Character calculations for Xn; 19. Operators e and f; 20. Construction of Uz and irreducible modules; 21. Identification of the crystal; 22. Double covers; References; Index.