Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2006 / ii / Paper 2 / 19F / a

The conjugacy classes are specified by cycle type, with sizes $1,6,3,8,6$ for $1,(12),(12)(34),(123),(1234)$. The trivial and sign representations give the first two rows. The permutation representation on four letters contains a trivial line; its orthogonal complement has character equal to the number of fixed letters minus one. Tensoring that representation by the sign gives another row. Finally the quotient $S_4/V_4\cong S_3$ supplies the two-dimensional standard representation. The resulting table isWith the class-size-weighted inner product, these characters have norm one and are pairwise orthogonal, so all are irreducible and inequivalent. Their squared dimensions sum to $1+1+9+9+4=24=|S_4|$, proving completeness.