On the Endomorphism Algebra of Specht Modules in Even Characteristic

Abstract

Over fields of characteristic $2$, Specht modules may decompose and there is no upper bound for the dimension of their endomorphism algebra. A classification of the (in)decomposable Specht modules and a closed formula for the dimension of their endomorphism algebra remain two important open problems in the area. In this paper, we introduce a novel description of the endomorphism algebra of the Specht modules and provide infinite families of Specht modules with one-dimensional endomorphism algebra.