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Main Authors: Aggarwal, Amol, Elboim, Dor
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25995
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author Aggarwal, Amol
Elboim, Dor
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Elboim, Dor
contents We prove that the maximal dimension $d_N$ of an irreducible representation of the symmetric group $S_N$ satisfies $$d_N=\sqrt{N!} \, e^{-(\mathfrak{d}+o(1))\sqrt{N} }, \quad N\to \infty,$$ for some constant $\mathfrak{d}>0$. This answers a question raised by Vershik--Kerov in 1985.
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spellingShingle On the maximal dimension of an irreducible representation of the symmetric group
Aggarwal, Amol
Elboim, Dor
Combinatorics
We prove that the maximal dimension $d_N$ of an irreducible representation of the symmetric group $S_N$ satisfies $$d_N=\sqrt{N!} \, e^{-(\mathfrak{d}+o(1))\sqrt{N} }, \quad N\to \infty,$$ for some constant $\mathfrak{d}>0$. This answers a question raised by Vershik--Kerov in 1985.
title On the maximal dimension of an irreducible representation of the symmetric group
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25995