Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE MAT3116

 
TITLE Group Representations

 
UM LEVEL 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 5

 
DEPARTMENT Mathematics

 
DESCRIPTION - Quick review of groups, vector spaces and linear transformations;
- Group representation over the complex field: matrix and module point of view;
- Maschke’s theorem and Schur’s lemma; reducibility and complete reducibility;
- Characters, inner products of characters and character tables.

Main Text

- James G. and Liebeck M., Representations and Characters of Groups, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.

Supplementary Reading

- Serre J.P., Linear representations of Finite Groups, 4th Edition, Springer, 1977.
- Nering E.D., Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1970.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Leads to: MAT5413

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture and Tutorial

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Examination (2 Hours) SEM2 Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Josef Lauri

 

 
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