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Mackey's double-coset formula for restricting an induced character
Statement
Let be a finite group, let , let be the character of a finite-dimensional complex representation of , and let be a set of representatives for . Then
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A finite group , subgroups , a finite-dimensional complex representation of with character , and representatives for .
The induced character is the character of the induced representation (The induced character of a complex character).
The sets are the -double cosets of (Double cosets of two subgroups).
The conjugate representation of has character in the sense of Conjugate representations and conjugate characters on conjugate subgroups.
Proof
Let . For each , let be the subspace of functions in whose support is contained in the double coset . Because the double cosets partition , every induced function splits uniquely as the sum of its restrictions to those supports, so as -modules.
For , define by . If and , then , where the last action is that of from [F3]. So is well defined in the target induced module.
For , define by on and off . If , then , and the covariance condition in the target induced module gives . Thus is well defined, lies in , and inverts .
Steps 2.1 and 3.1 show that is a -equivariant isomorphism for each . Combining these isomorphisms with step 1.1 gives a -module decomposition of as the direct sum of the stated induced modules.
Taking characters of the -module decomposition in step 4.1 and using [F1] yields the stated Mackey double-coset formula.
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Sources
- Peter Webb, A Course in Finite Group Representation Theory, Section 5.2 (standard reference, not scraped)
- Anupam Singh, Representation Theory of Finite Groups, Theorem 20.6 (standard reference, not scraped)