Arithmetic Properties of Character Degrees and the Generalised Knutson Index

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the generalised Knutson Index and compute it for the special linear groups and projective special linear groups of degree two by computing the lowest common multiple of the degrees of their irreducible representations. We also classify all alternating and symmetric groups such that the lowest common multiple of the degrees of their irreducible representations equals the order groups, which yields a lower bound on the generalised Knutson Indices of these groups.