Group Representations

Representation Theory Cite
Primary: Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Heinrich Maschke
Contributors: Issai Schur, Emmy Noether
Publication: Group theory & linear representations (late 1800s–1900s)
URL: Wikipedia

ρ:G→GL(V) homomorphism. Subrepresentation, irreducible. Maschke: char∤|G| ⇒ complete reducibility. Decomposition into irreducibles.

graph TD D1["Def: Representation\nρ:G→GL(V)"] D2["Def: Subrepresentation\nW ≤ V, GW⊆W"] D3["Def: Irreducible\nno proper subrep"] D4["Def: Direct sum\nV=⊕Vᵢ"] T1["Thm: Maschke\nchar∤|G| ⇒ semisimple"] T2["Thm: Complete reducibility\nV=⊕ irreducibles"] T3["Thm: Schur's lemma\nHom irreps 1-dim"] T4["Thm: Rep = kG-mod\nkG module"] T5["Thm: Regular rep\ndim⊕Vᵢ²=|G|"] D1 --> D2 D2 --> D3 D3 --> T2 D4 --> T2 T1 --> T2 T3 --> T5 T4 --> D1 classDef definition fill:#b197fc,color:#fff classDef theorem fill:#51cf66,color:#fff class D1,D2,D3,D4 definition class T1,T2,T3,T4,T5 theorem

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