Character Theory of Finite Groups SS 2017


Schedule


Lecture: Tuesdays 10:00-11:30 Room 48-438 Lecturer: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Caroline Lassueur
Exercises: Fridays 11:45 - 13:15 Room 48-438 Assistant: Dr. Inga Schwabrow
Office hour: Mondays 13:00-14:00 Lernzentrum, odd weeks, starting 24.04.17


Exam Dates:
  • 03.08.2017
  • 23.08.2017
  • 12.10.2017
  • 13.10.2017
  • 23.10.2017
Common dates with T. Hofmann are: 3.8., 23.8. und 23.10.
Please, register with Frau Sternike (Room 48-511).


Exercises


The exercise classes begin in the 2nd week of the lecture period and then take place every second week. See [KIS] for the precise dates.

The 1st exercise sheet will be uploaded after the 1st lecture. From Sheet 2 on, the exercise sheets will be uploaded on the handing-in day of the previous one.

Exercise Sheet 1. Due date: 26.04.2017, 14:00
Exercise Sheet 2. Due date: 10.05.2017, 14:00
Exercise Sheet 3. Due Date: 24.05.2017, 14:00
Exercise Sheet 4. Due date: 07.06.2017, 14:00
Exercise Sheet 5. Due date: 21.06.2017, 14:00
Exercise Sheet 6. Due date: 05.07.2017, 14:00
Exercise Sheet 7. Due date: 19.07.2017, 14:00


Registration: Please register for the exercises in the URM system by Friday, the 21st of April 2017, noon.

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Übungsscheine


You obtain an "Übungsschein" if the following criteria are fulfilled:
  • you have obtained minimum 50% of the points on the Exercise sheets altogether.
  • you have obtained minimum 1 point in 2 Exercises (out of 4) in each of the exercise sheets 1 to 7.
  • you have actively taken part to the exercise classes: attendance to the exercise classes + presenting at least one solution on the board.

Each Exercise is worth 4 points.
Exercises can be handed in in groups of maximum two students.


References


  • [JL01] G. James and M. Liebeck, Representations and characters of groups. See [zbMATH]
  • [Ser77] J.-P. Serre, Linear representations of finite groups. See [zbMATH]
    The original text is:
    [Ser98] J.-P. Serre, Représentations linéaires des groupes finis. See [zbMATH]
  • [Isa06] M. Isaacs, Character theory of finite groups. See [zbMATH]
  • [Web16] P. Webb, A course in finite group representation theory. See [zbMATH]
  • [CCNPW85] J.H. Conway, R.T. Curtis, S.P. Norton, R. Parker, R.A. Wilson, Atlas of Finite Groups. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1985.

Oral Exam


In principle one should be able to explain the content of the lecture.
  • Definitions, statements of the theorems/propositions/lemmata should be known;
  • you should be able to explain short proofs as well as the red lines of the longer proofs;
  • the Exercises mentionend in the lecture are important for the understanding of the theory;
  • you should also be able to give concrete examples/counter-examples to illustrate the results;
  • there will also be questions on concrete examples.
  • Please, also be ready to write down formally the concepts and results you are explaining.


Contents of the Lecture


  • Linear representations and characters
  • Character tables, orthogonality relations
  • Burnside's \(p^aq^b\)-theorem
  • Restriction, induction, inflation, tensor products
  • Clifford theory
  • Brauer's characterisation of characters

Prerequisites: elementary group theory and linear algebra


Workload


Lecture : 2 SWS, i.e. 30 contact hours
Exercises : 1 SWS, i.e. 15 contact hours


Further Documents