Schur's representation lemma states that if on
and
on
are irreducible
representations of a group
and
is a linear
map such that
for all
, then
or
is invertible. Furthermore,
if
and
is a finite-dimensional vector space over the complex numbers, then
is a scalar multiple of the identity map.
Schur's Representation Lemma
See also
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References
Knapp, A. W. "Group Representations and Harmonic Analysis, Part II." Not. Amer. Math. Soc. 43, 537-549, 1996.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Schur's Representation Lemma." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SchursRepresentationLemma.html