A tensor-cube version of the Saxl conjecture

Abstract

Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let $\rho_n = (n, n-1, n-2, \ldots, 1)$ be the ``staircase'' partition of size $N = {n+1 \choose 2}$. The Saxl conjecture asserts that every irreducible representation $S^\lambda$ of the symmetric group $S_N$ appears as a subrepresentation of the tensor square $S^{\rho_n} \otimes S^{\rho_n}$. In this short note we show that every irreducible representation of $S_N$ appears in the tensor cube $S^{\rho_n} \otimes S^{\rho_n} \otimes S^{\rho_n}$.