Decompositions of small tensor powers and larsen’s conjecture

Representation Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 138-208

  Guralnick, Robert M ^a   Tiep, Pham Huu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33748792681     PISSN: 10884165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S1088-4165-05-00192-5     Document Type: Article

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