On the conjugating representation of a finite group
On the conjugating representation of a finite group
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1975
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K. Fields
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Very little is known about how the conjugating representation of a finite group decomposes into irreducible representations. In this note we investigate which sets of multiplicities are possible in such a decomposition. The analogous question for the regular representation is also long unsolved. Let vG = C • 1G + yG denote the conjugating representation of G (or its character). If c denotes the number of conjugacy classes of G, then the principal representation 1G does not appear in the decomposition of yG. We show here that if G is not abelian (i.e., if 7G ^ 0) then yG contains at least two inequivalent irreducible representations; moreover, if the group has trivial center and is not the symmetric group on three letters, then yG is not multiplicity-free; and if the group is simple, then the g.c.d. of the degrees of the irreducible constituents of yG is not divisible by the degree of any irreducible representation of G. Recall that a primary representation is a direct sum of copies of a single irreducible representation.