Abstract & Pure

Learn Representation Theory

Groups acting on vector spaces: representations and irreducibility, Maschke's complete-reducibility theorem, Schur's lemma, the regular representation and $\sum d_i^2=|G|$, characters and orthogonality, induced representations and Frobenius reciprocity, representations of the symmetric group via Young diagrams, Lie algebra representations, and the Peter–Weyl theorem.

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What you'll learn

30 lessons in Representation Theory

What is a representation?Irreducible representationsMaschke's theoremSchur's lemmaThe regular representationCharacters & orthogonalityInduced representationsRepresentations of the symmetric groupLie algebra representationsCompact groups & Peter–WeylLie algebras & the bracketCartan subalgebra, roots & weightsThe sl₂ ladder & highest weightSimple roots, the Cartan matrix & the Weyl groupDynkin diagrams & the ABCDEFG classificationTensor products & Clebsch-GordanReal, complex & quaternionic typesSelection rules & symmetryThe permutation characterMackey's criterionClifford theoryBurnside's $p^aq^b$ theoremFrobenius groupsThe Littlewood–Richardson ruleThe representation ringFourier analysis on a nonabelian groupGelfand pairsModular representationsProjective representationsBuilding a character table
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Every idea is taught with motivation and a worked example before the drills, and an FSRS spaced-repetition engine schedules each review for the day its model predicts you would forget it. A short placement check finds what you already know, so you start Representation Theory exactly where it's useful.

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