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Under the dictionary, subrepresentations are exactly submodules and irreducible representations are exactly simple modules
Statement
Let be a field, let be a group, and let be a finite-dimensional representation of over . Under the correspondence of For a commutative ring , -linear -actions are exactly the compatible left -module structures:
- the subrepresentations of are exactly the -submodules of ;
- is irreducible if and only if it is simple as a -module.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A finite-dimensional representation of over .
A subrepresentation is a linear subspace stable under every group element, and irreducible means nonzero with no proper nonzero subrepresentation (Subrepresentations, direct sums of representations, and irreducibility).
A -action on a -vector space is the same thing as a left -module structure, and -equivariant maps are exactly -module homomorphisms (For a commutative ring , -linear -actions are exactly the compatible left -module structures).
A simple module is a nonzero module whose only submodules are and the whole module (Simple module: a nonzero module with no proper nonzero submodule).
Proof
A linear subspace is stable under every if and only if it is stable under every basis element of under the action of [L2]. Because the action of an arbitrary is the corresponding -linear combination of the actions of the basis elements, this is equivalent to stability under every element of . So the subrepresentations of are exactly the -submodules.
By [L1], irreducibility means that is nonzero and has no proper nonzero subrepresentation. By step 1.1 those are exactly the proper nonzero -submodules, and [L3] is the same condition in module language. Therefore is irreducible if and only if it is simple as a -module.
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Sources
- Peter Webb, A Course in Finite Group Representation Theory, Proposition 1.1.5 (standard reference, not scraped)