Let H be a group with three generators c,g,h and relations cp=gp=hp=1, cg=gc,ch=hc and gh=chg where p is a prime number.
(a) Show that ∣H∣=p3. Show that the conjugacy classes of H are the singletons {1},{c},…,{cp−1} and the sets {gmhn,cgmhn,…,cp−1gmhn}, as m,n range from 0 to p−1, but (m,n)=(0,0).
(b) Find p2 1-dimensional representations of H.
(c) Let ω=1 be a p th root of unity. Show that the following defines an irreducible representation of H on Cp :
ρ(c)=ωId,ρ(g)ek=ωkek,ρ(h)ep=e1 and ρ(h)ek=ek+1 if k<p
where the ek are the standard basis vectors of Cp.
(d) Show that (b) and (c) cover all irreducible isomorphism classes.