A1.19
Part II, 2004
(i) State and prove Maschke's theorem for finite-dimensional representations of finite groups.
(ii) is the group of bijections on . Find the irreducible representations of , state their dimensions and give their character table.
Let be the set of objects . The operation of the permutation group on is defined by the operation of the elements of separately on each index and . For example,
By considering a representative operator from each conjugacy class of , find the table of group characters for the representation of acting on . Hence, deduce the irreducible representations into which decomposes.