2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/62193We give a new formula for the values of an irreducible character of the symmetric group S_n indexed by a partition of rectangular shape. Some observations and a conjecture are given concerning a generalization to arbitrary shapes.11 pages, 2 figures, minor updates and corrections to previous version of 13 September 2001CombinatoricsRepresentation Theory05E10text