Paper 2, Section II, H

Representation Theory
Part II, 2014

In this question work over C\mathbb{C}. Let HH be a subgroup of GG. State Mackey's restriction formula, defining all the terms you use. Deduce Mackey's irreducibility criterion.

Let G=g,r:gm=r2=1,rgr1=g1G=\left\langle g, r: g^{m}=r^{2}=1, r g r^{-1}=g^{-1}\right\rangle (the dihedral group of order 2m2 m ) and let H=gH=\langle g\rangle (the cyclic subgroup of GG of order mm ). Write down the mm inequivalent irreducible characters χk(1km)\chi_{k}(1 \leqslant k \leqslant m) of HH. Determine the values of kk for which the induced character IndHGχk\operatorname{Ind}_{H}^{G} \chi_{k} is irreducible.