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The group algebra of the infinite symmetric group

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The rational group algebra of the infinite symmetric group is studied using Young diagrams. Maximal and prime ideals are characterized and the maximal condition on ideals is proved.

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  1. A. Kerber,Representations of Permutation Groups I, Lecture Notes in Mathematics No. 240, Springer-Verlag, 1971.

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  1. The University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

    Edward Formanek & John Lawrence

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  1. Edward Formanek
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Research supported by the National Research Council of Canada.

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Formanek, E., Lawrence, J. The group algebra of the infinite symmetric group. Israel J. Math. 23, 325–331 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02761809

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