On the conjugating representation of a finite group
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Abstract:
It is shown that the sum of the elements of the character table of a finite group is at least # conjugacy classes+ (# involutions-# classes of involutions)+(# real classes-# strongly real classes). Equality sometimes holds, e.g. for ${A_5}$. Our investigations also demonstrate the appearance of a nontrivial real valued character (whose degree we can estimate) in the decomposition of the conjugating representation of a finite group possessing noncentral involutions.References
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- © Copyright 1972 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 34 (1972), 35-37
- MSC: Primary 20C15
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0297889-9
- MathSciNet review: 0297889