Solution

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In one dimension the defining relations force
giving four characters.
Every irreducible two-dimensional representation is, after a choice of basis,
where . It is irreducible because the two distinct -eigenlines are interchanged by . Conversely, part (a) gives this basis from . If the only eigenvalue of were , its eigenspace would be -invariant and contain a -eigenvector, contradicting irreducibility. Parameters and give isomorphic representations, and there are no other identifications.

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