On the orthogonal basis of the symmetry classes of tensors associated with certain characters (Q5954857)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1702104
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On the orthogonal basis of the symmetry classes of tensors associated with certain characters (English)
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13 November 2002
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Each subgroup \(G\) of the symmetric group \(S^{n}\) together with an irreducible complex character \(\chi\) of \(G\) give rise to a projection operator which maps the \(n\)-th tensor power of a complex vector space \(V\) onto a subspace \(V^{n}_{\chi}(G)\) which is called the symmetry class of tensors associated with \(G\) and \(\chi\). If \(V\) is a unitary \(m\)-space then so is \(V^{n}_{\chi}(G)\). The author considers a particular type of orthogonal bases of \(V^{n}_{\chi}(G)\), called O-bases. Such a basis arises from an orthonormal basis of \(V\) in a natural way. The main result of the paper says that under certain conditions on \(G\) (transitive action, \(n\geq 2\)), on \(\chi\) (irreducible constituent of the permutation character of \(G\)), and on \(V\) (\(m\geq 2\)) the space \(V^{n}_{\chi}(G)\) has no O-bases. This improves a result by \textit{R. R. Holmes} [Linear Multilinear Algebra 39, No. 3, 241-243 (1995; Zbl 0831.15018)].
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symmetry class of tensors
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orthogonal basis
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permutation character
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irreducible constituent
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