Asymptotic behavior of normalized dimensions of standard and strict Young diagrams — growth and oscillations

Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of a computer investigation of asymptotics for maximum dimensions of linear and projective representations of the symmetric group. This problem reduces the investigation of standard and strict Young diagrams of maximum dimensions. We constructed some sequences for both standard and strict Young diagrams with extremely large dimensions. The conjecture that the limit of normalized dimensions exists was proposed by Vershik 30 years ago [A. M. Vershik and S. V. Kerov, Funktsional Anal. i Prilozhen 19(1) (1985) 25–36] and has not been proved yet. We studied the growth and oscillations of the normalized dimension function in sequences of Young diagrams. Our approach is based on analyzing finite differences of their normalized dimensions. This analysis also allows us to give much more precise estimation of the limit constants.