The Characters of the Classes (n-k, k) of the Symmetric Group of Degree n Jump To References Section Authors T. Venkatarayudu Andhra University ,IN DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jims/1943/17149 Abstract D. E. Littlewood showed that the quickest method of calculating the characters of the symmetric groups is by the use of the recurrence relations between the S-functions. He has given the tables of characters for the symmetric groups up to degree 10.