Zeros in The Character Table of The Wreath Product of The Symmetric Group

Abstract

Let $G$ be a finite group with $t$ conjugacy classes, and let $S_N$ be the symmetric group. Let $Z_t(N)$ be the number of zeros in the character table of the wreath product $G\wr S_N$. We prove \begin{equation*} Z_t(N)\ge \frac{2p_t(N)^{2}}{\log \frac{N}{t}}\left(1+O\left(\frac{\log \log \frac{N}{t}}{\log \frac{N}{t}}\right)\right), \end{equation*} where $p_t(N)$ is the number of $t$-multipartitions of $N$.

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