Paper 1, Section II, I
Part II, 2011
Let be a finite group and its centre. Suppose that has order and has order . Suppose that is a complex irreducible representation of degree
(i) For , show that is a scalar multiple of the identity.
(ii) Deduce that .
(iii) Show that, if is faithful, then is cyclic.
[Standard results may be quoted without proof, provided they are stated clearly.]
Now let be a group of order 18 containing an elementary abelian subgroup of order 9 and an element of order 2 with for each . By considering the action of on an irreducible -module prove that has no faithful irreducible complex representation.