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Faithful Representation


A representation phi of a group G is faithful if it is one-to-one, i.e., if phi(g)=phi(h) implies g=h for g,h in G. Equivalently, phi is faithful if phi(g)=I_n implies g=e, where n is the dimension of phi, I_n is the n×n identity matrix, and e is the identity element of G.


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Terr, David. "Faithful Representation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FaithfulRepresentation.html

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