Lecture VI

Topics covered

1. Defintition of Symmetric Function
2. Monomial, elementary and complete symmetric functions and transition matrices
3. Power sum symmetric functions and the character table of S_n.

• Lecture notes
• Assignment due on 19th September

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A clarification to the argument at the tail end of this lecture (to show that U_λ≅V_λ).