 Quadratic-polynomial representation of the infinite dihedral group (source code)

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= Quadratic-polynomial representation of the infinite dihedral group

Let the rotation and reflection generators act on polynomials of degree at most two by
$$
(Tp)(x)=p(x+1),
\qquad
(Sp)(x)=p(-x).
$$
Then $S^2=I$ and $STS=T^{-1}$. The operator $T$ has one size-three unipotent <Jordan block>, so this three-dimensional representation cannot split into invariant subspaces of dimension at most two.

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