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Past exam of the groups and representations course of the University of Oxford 2020 2 c Solution by
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The specified linear maps form a permutation representation, sinceThe trace of a permutation matrix counts fixed coordinate basis vectors. On the identity, three-cycles and transpositions, respectively, this gives . Comparing with solution,For an explicit direct sum,Both summands are invariant subspaces under coordinate permutations. The first is fixed pointwise and hence gives the trivial representation; the second has character and hence gives . The sign representation has multiplicity zero.
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