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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ii Paper 2 19F b Solution by
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The classes of are the identity, the three double transpositions, and two classes of four three-cycles. Its quotient by is cyclic of order three, giving characters , with taking values on these classes. The restriction of has character and norm , so it is the three-dimensional irreducible representation . These four representations are complete since .
The sign is trivial on , soFor the last equality the restricted character is , the sum of the two indicated one-dimensional characters. Equality of characters proves the decomposition.
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