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Orthogonal Group Representations

Two representations of a Group $\chi_i$ and $\chi_j$ are said to be orthogonal if

\begin{displaymath}
\sum_R \chi_i(R)\chi_j(R) = 0
\end{displaymath}

for $i \not= j$, where the sum is over all elements $R$ of the representation.

See also Group




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26