Commutator eigenvalue problem for finite groups (Q1073871)
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Commutator eigenvalue problem for finite groups (English)
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1985
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Let CG denote the group algebra of a finite group G over the field of complex numbers C. For a fixed \(a\in G\) consider the linear transformation \(T:x\mapsto ax-xa\) of the vector space CG over C. The object of the paper is to describe a method to compute the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of T. The author shows that by ordering the natural basis of CG to correspond to a double coset decomposition of G with respect to the cyclic group \(<a>\), the corresponding matrix for T is a block circulant matrix. Thus it is possible to reduce the eigenvalue problem for T to the solution of an eigenvalue problem for a matrix whose dimension is equal to the order of a.
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semisimple Lie groups
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Frobenius algebra
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group algebra
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finite group
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eigenvalues
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eigenvectors
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cyclic group
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block circulant matrix
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