Paper 3, Section II, I

Representation Theory
Part II, 2021

In this question we work over C\mathbb{C}.

(a) (i) Let HH be a subgroup of a finite group GG. Given an HH-space WW, define the complex vector space V=IndHG(W)V=\operatorname{Ind}_{H}^{G}(W). Define, with justification, the GG-action on VV.

(ii) Write C(g)\mathcal{C}(g) for the conjugacy class of gGg \in G. Suppose that HC(g)H \cap \mathcal{C}(g) breaks up into ss conjugacy classes of HH with representatives x1,,xsx_{1}, \ldots, x_{s}. If ψ\psi is a character of HH, write down, without proof, a formula for the induced character IndHG(ψ)\operatorname{Ind}_{H}^{G}(\psi) as a certain sum of character values ψ(xi)\psi\left(x_{i}\right).

(b) Define permutations a,bS7a, b \in S_{7} by a=(123456),b=(235)(476)a=\left(\begin{array}{llllll}1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6\end{array}\right), b=(235)(476) and let GG be the subgroup a,b\langle a, b\rangle of S7S_{7}. It is given that the elements of GG are all of the form aibja^{i} b^{j} for 0i6,0j20 \leqslant i \leqslant 6,0 \leqslant j \leqslant 2 and that GG has order 21 .

(i) Find the orders of the centralisers CG(a)C_{G}(a) and CG(b)C_{G}(b). Hence show that there are five conjugacy classes of GG.

(ii) Find all characters of degree 1 of GG by lifting from a suitable quotient group.

(iii) Let H=aH=\langle a\rangle. By first inducing linear characters of HH using the formula stated in part (a)(ii), find the remaining irreducible characters of GG.