Schur–Weyl duality

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Schur–Weyl duality is a fundamental result in representation theory that links representations of the symmetric group and the general linear group via their commuting actions on tensor powers of a vector space.

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instanceOf mathematical theorem
result in representation theory
appliesTo tensor power V^{\otimes n} of a vector space V
characteristicAssumption often formulated over fields of characteristic zero
connects Specht modules of the symmetric group
irreducible polynomial representations of GL(V)
context finite-dimensional vector spaces
describes bimodule structure of V^{\otimes n}
extendsTo fields of positive characteristic with modifications
field algebra
group theory
representation theory
formalism bimodule decomposition
generalizedBy Howe duality
gives decomposition of V^{\otimes n} into irreducible GL(V)-modules and S_n-modules
hasVariant Schur–Weyl duality for Hecke algebras
Schur–Weyl duality for quantum groups
q-Schur–Weyl duality
historicalPeriod early 20th century
implies V^{\otimes n} \cong \bigoplus_{\lambda} S^{\lambda}(V) \otimes M^{\lambda}
double centralizer property for GL(V) and S_n
involves group algebra of the symmetric group
representation of GL(V)
representation of S_n
namedAfter Hermann Weyl
Issai Schur
relates centralizer algebra of GL(V) on V^{\otimes n}
centralizer algebra of S_n on V^{\otimes n}
general linear group
symmetric group
tensor powers of a vector space
requires dimension of V at least n for full correspondence
statesThat actions of GL(V) and S_n on V^{\otimes n} commute
images of GL(V) and S_n actions on V^{\otimes n} are mutual centralizers
typeOf duality between groups and centralizer algebras
usedIn Schur–Weyl reciprocity
algebraic combinatorics
categorification
construction of Schur algebras
invariant theory
representation theory of GL_n
representation theory of S_n
theory of symmetric functions
uses Schur functors
Young diagrams
commuting group actions
partitions of n

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Schur–Weyl duality hasVariant Schur–Weyl duality for quantum groups
linked to: Schur–Weyl duality
Schur–Weyl duality hasVariant Schur–Weyl duality for Hecke algebras
linked to: Schur–Weyl duality
Schur–Weyl duality usedIn Schur–Weyl reciprocity
linked to: Schur–Weyl duality
Hecke algebra usedIn Schur–Weyl duality