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Character norm of a permutation representation

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If π is the character of C[X], then Burnside lemma applied to the diagonal action on X×X gives
⟨π,π⟩G​=∣G∣1​∑g∈G​∣Xg∣2=∣G\(X×X)∣.
(1)
For a transitive action X≃G/H, this also equals the number of double cosets in H\G/H.

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