1.II.19F

Representation Theory
Part II, 2006

(a) Let GG be a finite group and XX a finite set on which GG acts. Define the permutation representation C[X]\mathbb{C}[X] and compute its character.

(b) Let GG and UU be the following subgroups of GL2(Fp)\mathrm{GL}_{2}\left(\mathbb{F}_{p}\right), where pp is a prime,

G={(ab01)aFp×,bFp},U={(1b01)bFp}G=\left\{\left(\begin{array}{cc} a & b \\ 0 & 1 \end{array}\right) \mid a \in \mathbb{F}_{p}^{\times}, b \in \mathbb{F}_{p}\right\}, \quad U=\left\{\left(\begin{array}{ll} 1 & b \\ 0 & 1 \end{array}\right) \mid b \in \mathbb{F}_{p}\right\}

(i) Decompose C[G/U]\mathbb{C}[G / U] into irreducible representations.

(ii) Let ψ:UC×\psi: U \rightarrow \mathbb{C}^{\times}be a non-trivial, one-dimensional representation. Determine the character of the induced representation IndUGψ\operatorname{Ind}_{U}^{G} \psi, and decompose IndUGψ\operatorname{Ind}_{U}^{G} \psi into irreducible representations.

(iii) List all of the irreducible representations of GG and show that your list is complete.