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The multiplicity of an irreducible summand is a character inner product

Statement

Let $G$ be a finite group, let $V$ be a finite-dimensional complex representation of $G$ . Choose representatives $V_{1}, \dots, V_{r}$ of the irreducible representations, write $χ_{j} : = χ_{V_{j}}$ , and write $V ≅ ⨁_{j = 1}^{r} m_{j} V_{j}$ . Then the multiplicity of $V_{i}$ in $V$ is

$m_{i} = ⟨ χ_{V}, χ_{i} ⟩ .$

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A finite group $G$ , a finite-dimensional complex representation $V$ of $G$ , representatives $V_{j}$ of the irreducible representations with characters $χ_{j} : = χ_{V_{j}}$ , a decomposition $V ≅ ⨁_{j} m_{j} V_{j}$ , and an index $i$ .

[F1]

Every finite-dimensional representation of a finite group over a field of characteristic not dividing $∣ G ∣$ is completely reducible (If $char k ∤ ∣ G ∣$ , every finite-dimensional representation of $G$ is completely reducible).

[F2]

Characters add on direct sums (Characters add on direct sums, multiply on tensor products, and conjugate on duals).

[F3]

Irreducible characters are orthonormal: $⟨ χ_{j}, χ_{i} ⟩ = δ_{j i}$ (The first orthogonality relation for irreducible complex characters).

Proof

technique · direct

1.1F1given

Since $char C = 0$ does not divide $∣ G ∣$ , [F1] gives a decomposition $V ≅ ⨁_{j} m_{j} V_{j}$ with each $V_{j}$ irreducible.

2.1F2step 1.1

Applying [F2] iteratively to the decomposition of step 1.1 gives $χ_{V} = \sum_{j} m_{j} χ_{j}$ , a finite sum because $V$ is finite-dimensional.

3.1F3step 2.1algebra∎

Taking the inner product with $χ_{i}$ , linearity in the first argument and [F3] give $⟨ χ_{V}, χ_{i} ⟩ = \sum_{j} m_{j} ⟨ χ_{j}, χ_{i} ⟩ = \sum_{j} m_{j} δ_{j i} = m_{i}$ .

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Sources

Peter Webb, A Course in Finite Group Representation Theory, Corollary 3.3.1 (standard reference, not scraped)