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If $k$ is algebraically closed and $char k ∤ ∣ G ∣$ , then $\sum_{i} (\dim_{k} V_{i})^{2} = ∣ G ∣$

Statement

Let $G$ be a finite group and let $k$ be an algebraically closed field with $char k ∤ ∣ G ∣$ . If $V_{1}, \dots, V_{r}$ is a complete list of the irreducible representations of $G$ over $k$ , up to equivalence, then

$\sum_{i = 1}^{r} (\dim_{k} V_{i})^{2} = ∣ G ∣ .$

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A finite group $G$ and an algebraically closed field $k$ with $char k ∤ ∣ G ∣$ .

[L1]

The regular representation decomposes as $k [G] ≅ V_{1}^{\oplus \dim_{k} V_{1}} \oplus \dots \oplus V_{r}^{\oplus \dim_{k} V_{r}},$ where $V_{1}, \dots, V_{r}$ are the irreducible representations of $G$ (If $k$ is algebraically closed and $char k ∤ ∣ G ∣$ , there are finitely many irreducible representations, and each occurs in the regular representation with multiplicity equal to its degree).

[L2]

For a finite group, $\dim_{k} k [G] = ∣ G ∣$ (If $G$ is finite then $\dim_{k} k [G] = ∣ G ∣$ ).

Proof

technique · direct

1.1L1L2given

By [L1], the regular representation is a direct sum of $\dim_{k} V_{i}$ copies of each $V_{i}$ , and [L2] says its total dimension is $∣ G ∣$ .

2.1step 1.1givenalgebra∎

Taking dimensions in step 1.1 gives $∣ G ∣ = \dim_{k} k [G] = \sum_{i = 1}^{r} \dim_{k} (V_{i}^{\oplus \dim_{k} V_{i}}) = \sum_{i = 1}^{r} (\dim_{k} V_{i})^{2} .$ This is the required identity.

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Sources

Peter Webb, A Course in Finite Group Representation Theory, Corollary 2.1.5 (standard reference, not scraped)
Pavel Etingof et al., Introduction to Representation Theory, Theorem 3.1(ii) (standard reference, not scraped)

If kk is algebraically closed and char⁡k∤∣G∣chark∤∣G∣, then ∑i(dim⁡kVi)2=∣G∣∑i​(dimk​Vi​)2=∣G∣