Paper 2, Section II,
Part II, 2015
Let be a finite group. Suppose that is a finite-dimensional complex representation of dimension . Let be arbitrary.
(i) Define the th symmetric power and the th exterior power and write down their respective dimensions.
Let and let be the eigenvalues of on . What are the eigenvalues of on and on ?
(ii) Let be an indeterminate. For any , define the characteristic polynomial of on by . What is the relationship between the coefficients of and the character of the exterior power?
Find a relation between the character of the symmetric power and the polynomial .