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PMATH 745Representations of Finite Groups

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Pure Mathematics

When it runs

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  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 1 lecture section. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Basic definitions and examples: subrepresentations and irreducible representations, tensor products of representations. Character theory. Representations as modules over the group ring, Artin-Wedderburn structure theorem for semisimple rings. Induced representations, Frobenius reciprocity, Mackeys irreducibility criterion.

Prerequisites

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Antirequisites

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Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
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LEC 00162290 / 20MW 13:00–14:20

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

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Fall 2017

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Spring 2017

What courses are you taking this fall? 28 points, 129 comments

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