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Hook Length Formula


A hook length formula is a formula for the number of Young tableaux associated with a given Ferrers diagram. In each box, write its hook length. The number of tableaux is then n! divided by the product of all hook lengths.


See also

Ferrers Diagram, Hook Length, Young Tableau

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References

Jones, V. "Hecke Algebra Representations of Braid Groups and Link Polynomials." Ann. Math. 126, 335-388, 1987.Skiena, S. Implementing Discrete Mathematics: Combinatorics and Graph Theory with Mathematica. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1990.

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Hook Length Formula

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Hook Length Formula." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HookLengthFormula.html

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