Multiplicity-free restriction

ID: multiplicity-free-restriction

Restriction of an irreducible representation to a subgroup is multiplicity-free when its semisimple representation decomposition has no repeated irreducible summands. Over the complex numbers, for finite groups, this is equivalent to the restricted module's endomorphism algebra being commutative. This follows by writing that algebra as a product of matrix algebras of sizes equal to the multiplicities.

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