The character table of a finite group lists its irreducible complex characters on its conjugacy classes. The number of rows equals the number of conjugacy classes, and the squared row degrees sum to the group order.
Forthere are linear characters, given by , for a primitive th root of unity , and two-dimensional irreducible representationswhere and . The two-dimensional representations parametrized by and are isomorphic. The sum of squares of irreducible degrees is , so this list is complete.
The conjugacy classes of arefor . With and , the linear character and two-dimensional character have values
The degree of an irreducible character is , the dimension of the corresponding irreducible representation.
For a finite group and prime number , the notationdenotes the irreducible characters whose irreducible character degree is coprime to .
A linear character is the character of a one-dimensional representation and therefore has degree one.
A nonlinear irreducible character has degree greater than one.
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A **character table** is a mathematical tool used in the field of group theory, a branch of abstract algebra. It provides a compact way to represent the irreducible representations of a finite group. The character table of a group includes the following key components: 1. **Irreducible Representations**: Each row of the character table corresponds to an irreducible representation (a representation that cannot be decomposed into smaller representations) of the group.