Paper 1, Section II, F
Let be a finite group, and suppose acts on the finite sets . Define the permutation representation corresponding to the action of on , and compute its character . State and prove "Burnside's Lemma".
Let act on via the usual diagonal action. Prove that the character inner product is equal to the number of -orbits on .
Hence, or otherwise, show that the general linear group of invertible matrices over the finite field of elements has an irreducible complex representation of dimension equal to .
Let be the symmetric group acting on the set . Denote by the set of all 2-element subsets of elements of , with the natural action of . If , decompose into irreducible complex representations, and determine the dimension of each irreducible constituent. What can you say when ?