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An analogy between products of two conjugacy classes and products of two irreducible characters in finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Zvi Arad
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Elsa Fisman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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It is well-known that the number of irreducible characters of a finite group G is equal to the number of conjugate classes of G. The purpose of this article is to give some analogous properties between these basic concepts.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1987

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