Paper 3, Section II, I

Representation Theory
Part II, 2011

Define the character IndHGψ\operatorname{Ind}_{H}^{G} \psi of a finite group GG which is induced by a character ψ\psi of a subgroup HH of GG.

State and prove the Frobenius reciprocity formula for the characters ψ\psi of HH and χ\chi of GG.

Now suppose that HH has index 2 in GG. An irreducible character ψ\psi of HH and an irreducible character χ\chi of GG are said to be 'related' if

IndHGψ,χG=ψ,ResHGχH>0\left\langle\operatorname{Ind}_{H}^{G} \psi, \chi\right\rangle_{G}=\left\langle\psi, \operatorname{Res}_{H}^{G} \chi\right\rangle_{H}>0

Show that each ψ\psi of degree dd is either 'monogamous' in the sense that it is related to one χ\chi (of degree 2d2 d ), or 'bigamous' in the sense that it is related to precisely two distinct characters χ1,χ2\chi_{1}, \chi_{2} (of degree d)\left.d\right). Show that each χ\chi is related to one bigamous ψ\psi, or to two monogamous characters ψ1,ψ2\psi_{1}, \psi_{2} (of the same degree).

Write down the degrees of the complex irreducible characters of the alternating group A5A_{5}. Find the degrees of the irreducible characters of a group GG containing A5A_{5} as a subgroup of index 2 , distinguishing two possible cases.