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What is a Young tableau?

Alexander Yong

math.COarXiv:math/0611030

Abstract

Young tableaux are classical combinatorial objects playing recurring and varied roles in representation theory, algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. This article is a short exposition on Young tableaux, written for the "WHAT IS...?" series of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. It describes some of their properties and applications.

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