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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ii Paper 1 19I c i Solution by
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Let be the standard basis and let the generator send to modulo . The constant vectorspans a trivial module. Since is even, the alternating vectorspans a sign module on which acts by .
For each , define the real discrete Fourier modesThe plane is invariant, and acts on it by rotation through . Since this angle is neither zero nor , is irreducible over . The traces are distinct for , so these modules are pairwise nonisomorphic. Orthogonality of the discrete Fourier transform givesThe dimensions sum to , so this is the whole regular module: two nonisomorphic one-dimensional summands and nonisomorphic two-dimensional summands.
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