Paper 1, Section II, I

Representation Theory
Part II, 2011

Let GG be a finite group and ZZ its centre. Suppose that GG has order nn and ZZ has order mm. Suppose that ρ:GGL(V)\rho: G \rightarrow \mathrm{GL}(V) is a complex irreducible representation of degree d.d .

(i) For gZg \in Z, show that ρ(g)\rho(g) is a scalar multiple of the identity.

(ii) Deduce that d2n/md^{2} \leqslant n / m.

(iii) Show that, if ρ\rho is faithful, then ZZ is cyclic.

[Standard results may be quoted without proof, provided they are stated clearly.]

Now let GG be a group of order 18 containing an elementary abelian subgroup PP of order 9 and an element tt of order 2 with txt1=x1t x t^{-1}=x^{-1} for each xPx \in P. By considering the action of PP on an irreducible CG\mathbb{C} G-module prove that GG has no faithful irreducible complex representation.