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Linear Symmetry Classes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

L. J. Cummings
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
R. W. Robinson
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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A formula is derived for the dimension of a symmetry class of tensors (over a finite dimensional complex vector space) associated with an arbitrary finite permutation group G and a linear character of x of G. This generalizes a result of the first author [3] which solved the problem in case G is a cyclic group.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1976

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