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This document contains a problem sheet with 7 problems related to group representations and character tables: 1. Consider properties of the quaternion group Q8, including finding conjugacy classes and 1-dimensional representations. 2. Show that if every representation of a finite group G is 1-dimensional, then G is abelian. 3. Work with the symmetric group S3, finding character tables and writing characters as linear combinations. 4. Work with the alternating group A4, finding irreducible characters and completing the character table. 5. Consider restrictions of representations of S4 to a subgroup isomorphic to D8. 6. Find an algebra isomorphism between the group algebra of C3

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This document contains a problem sheet with 7 problems related to group representations and character tables: 1. Consider properties of the quaternion group Q8, including finding conjugacy classes and 1-dimensional representations. 2. Show that if every representation of a finite group G is 1-dimensional, then G is abelian. 3. Work with the symmetric group S3, finding character tables and writing characters as linear combinations. 4. Work with the alternating group A4, finding irreducible characters and completing the character table. 5. Consider restrictions of representations of S4 to a subgroup isomorphic to D8. 6. Find an algebra isomorphism between the group algebra of C3

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M3/4/5P12 Problem sheet #4

Rebecca Bellovin

1. Consider the quaternion group Q8 = {±1, ±i, ±j, ±k} with multiplication given by i2 = j 2 = k 2 =
ijk = −1 (for this group, we use 1 to denote the identity element of the group).
(a) Find the conjugacy classes of Q8 .
(b) Prove that Q8 and D8 are not isomorphic.
(c) Find all of the 1-dimensional representations of Q8 .
(d) Write down the character table for Q8 .
2. Let G be a finite group such that every irreducible representation of G is 1-dimensional. Show that
G is abelian. Hint: find the number of conjugacy classes in G.
3. Let G = S3 .
(a) Write down the character table of G.
(b) Let (V, ρV ) be the 2-dimensional irreducible representation of G. Find the characters of V ∗ ,
V ⊗ V , and Hom(V, V ).
(c) Write the characters of V ⊗ V and Hom(V, V ) as linear combinations of irreducible characters.
(d) Consider the class function φ : S3 → C defined by φ(e) = 4, φ(1 2) = 0, and φ(1 2 3) = −5.
Write φ as a linear combination of irreducible characters of S3 . Is φ the character of a
representation of S3 ?
4. We will work out the character table of A4 ⊂ S4 , which is the group of even permutations. There
are four conjugacy classes, with representatives e, (1 2 3), (1 3 2), and (1 2)(3 4), and sizes 1, 4, 4,
and 3, respectively.
(a) Prove that the class function χU : A4 → C given by χU (e) = 3, χU ((1 2 3)) = χU ((1 3 2)) = 0,
and χU ((1 2)(3 4)) = −1 is an irreducible character. What is the dimension of the correspond-
ing representation? Hint: Look at the character table for S4 .
(b) Show that A4 has two more irreducible representations, both 1-dimensional.
The character table is now
e (1 2 3) (1 3 2) (1 2)(3 4)
size of conjugacy class 1 4 4 3
χ1 = χtriv 1 1 1 1
χU 3 0 0 −1
χ3 1 ? ? ?
χ4 1 ? ? ?

(c) Use row orthogonality relations to show that χ3 ((1 2)(3 4)) = χ4 ((1 2)(3 4)) = 1.
(d) Fill in the rest of the character table.
(e) (Advanced ) Show that χ3 and χ4 are obtained by inflating 1-dimensional representations of
C3 .
5. Let G ⊂ S4 be the subgroup generated by (1 2 3 4) and (1 2)(3 4). Then G ∼ = D8 . Using the
character tables for D8 and S4 , if (V, ρV ) is an irreducible representation of S4 , write down the
irreducible decomposition of its restriction to G.

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6. Find an algebra isomorphism between C[C3 ] and C ⊕ C ⊕ C. More generally, find an algebra
isomorphism between C[Cn ] and C⊕n .
7. Let A and B be algebras. Show that the projection map π : A ⊕ B → A is an algebra homomor-
phism. Show that the inclusion σ : A → A ⊕ B is not an algebra homomorphism.

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