%0 Journal Article
%T Jucys-Murphy Elements and a Combinatorial Proof of an Identity of S. Kerov
%A Jennifer R. Galovich
%J Mathematics
%D 2010
%I arXiv
%X Consider the elements of the group algebra CS_{n} given by R_{j}=Sigma_{i=1}^{j-1}(ij), for 2<=j<=n. Jucys [3 - 5] and Murphy[7] showed that these elements act diagonally on elements of S_{n} and gave explicit formulas for the diagonal entries. As requested by the late S. Kerov, we give a combinatorial proof of this work in case j=n and present several similar results which arise from these combinatorial methods.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4571v1