Paper 3, Section II, I

Representation Theory
Part II, 2018

State the row orthogonality relations. Prove that if χ\chi is an irreducible character of the finite group GG, then χ(1)\chi(1) divides the order of GG.

Stating clearly any additional results you use, deduce the following statements:

(i) Groups of order p2p^{2}, where pp is prime, are abelian.

(ii) If GG is a group of order 2p2 p, where pp is prime, then either the degrees of the irreducible characters of GG are all 1 , or they are

1,1,2,,2( with (p1)/2 of degree 2)1,1,2, \ldots, 2(\text { with }(p-1) / 2 \text { of degree } 2)

(iii) No simple group has an irreducible character of degree 2 .

(iv) Let pp and qq be prime numbers with p>qp>q, and let GG be a non-abelian group of order pqp q. Then qq divides p1p-1 and GG has q+((p1)/q)q+((p-1) / q) conjugacy classes.