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Dicyclic group

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The dicyclic group of order 4n has generators
a2n=1,b2=an,bab−1=a−1.
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Every element has a unique form ak or akb, with 0≤k<2n.
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Dicyclic group
Four one-dimensional characters and n−1 two-dimensional characters exhaust a dicyclic group of order 4n. In the two-dimensional rows, the values at ar are 2cos(πjr/n) and those on the two noncyclic cosets are zero. The one-dimensional rows depend on whether n is odd or even.

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