= Character (mathematics)
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In mathematics, particularly in the field of abstract algebra and representation theory, the term "character" can refer to a specific way of representing group elements as complex numbers, which encapsulates important information about the group's structure. 1. **Group Characters**: For a finite group \\( G \\), a character is a homomorphism from \\( G \\) to the multiplicative group of complex numbers \\( \\mathbb\{C\}^* \\).
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