Define the concepts of induction and restriction of characters. State and prove the Frobenius Reciprocity Theorem.
Let H be a subgroup of G and let g∈G. We write C(g) for the conjugacy class of g in G, and write CG(g) for the centraliser of g in G. Suppose that H∩C(g) breaks up into m conjugacy classes of H, with representatives x1,x2,…,xm.
Let ψ be a character of H. Writing IndHG(ψ) for the induced character, prove that
(i) if no element of C(g) lies in H, then IndHG(ψ)(g)=0,
(ii) if some element of C(g) lies in H, then
IndHG(ψ)(g)=∣CG(g)∣i=1∑m∣CH(xi)∣ψ(xi).
Let G=S4 and let H=⟨a,b⟩, where a=(1234) and b=(1 dihedral group and write down its character table. Restrict each G-conjugacy class to H and calculate the H-conjugacy classes contained in each restriction. Given a character ψ of H, express Ind HG(ψ)(g) in terms of ψ, where g runs through a set of conjugacy classes of G. Use your calculation to find the values of all the irreducible characters of H induced to G.
a=(12356)(789101112),b=(17410)(21259)(368),