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Publications and source records attributed to Pál Hegedüs.
We prove that, for any integer $k$, the $k$-th root enumerator in the classical Weyl group of type $D$ is a proper character. The proof uses higher Lie characters of type $B$.
Describing the decomposition of Foulkes module $F_b^a$ into irreducible Specht modules is an open problem for $a,b > 3$. In this article we provide a new approach for the Generalized Foulkes module $F_ν^a$ (with arbitrary partition $ν$ of $b$) through its restriction to a maximal Young subgroup ${S_b \times S_{ab -b}}$.
Let $C$ be a linear code of length $n$ and dimension $k$ over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_{q^m}$. The trace code $\mathrm{Tr}(C)$ is a linear code of the same length $n$ over the subfield $\mathbb{F}_q$. The obvious upper bound for the dimension of the trace code over $\mathbb{F}_q$ is $mk$. If equality holds, then we say that $C$ has maximum trace dimension. The problem of finding the true dimension of trace codes and their duals is relevant for the size of the public key of various code-based cryptographic protocols. Let $C_{\mathbf{a}}$ denote the code obtained from $C$ and a multiplier vector $\mathbf{a}\in (\mathbb{F}_{q^m})^n$. In this paper, we give a lower bound for the probability that a random multiplier vector produces a code $C_{\mathbf{a}}$ of maximum trace dimension. We give an interpretation of the bound for the class of algebraic geometry codes in terms of the degree of the defining divisor. The bound explains the experimental fact that random alternant codes have minimal dimension. Our bound holds whenever $n\geq m(k+h)$, where $h\geq 0$ is the Singleton defect of $C$. For the extremal case $n=m(h+k)$, numerical experiments reveal a closed connection between the probability of having maximum trace dimension and the probability that a random matrix has full rank.
A now-classical cyclic extension of the descent set of a permutation has been introduced by Klyachko and Cellini. Following a recent axiomatic approach to this notion, it is natural to ask which sets of permutations admit such an extension. The main result of this paper is a complete answer in the case of conjucay classes of permutations. It is shown that the conjugacy class of cycle type $λ$ has such an extension if and only if $λ$ is not of the form $(r^s)$ for some square-free $r$. The proof involves a detailed study of hook constituents in higher Lie characters.
Several combinatorial actions of the affine Weyl group of type $\widetilde{C}_{n}$ on triangulations, trees, words and permutations are compared. Addressing a question of David Vogan, we show that, modulo a natural involution, these permutation representations are multiplicity-free. The proof uses a general construction of Gelfand subgroups in the affine Weyl groups of types $\widetilde{C}_{n}$ and $\widetilde{B}_n$.