Fundamental theorem of Orthogonality

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Hymne
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Hello there!

I have a group represented by the following matricies:

[tex] \left( \begin{array}{cc}<br /> 1 & 0 \\<br /> 0 & 1 \end{array} \right)\][/tex] ; [tex]0.5\left( \begin{array}{cc}<br /> -1 & \sqrt{3} \\<br /> -\sqrt{3} & -1 \end{array} \right)\][/tex] and[tex]\quad 0.5<br /> \left( \begin{array}{cc}<br /> -1 & -\sqrt{3} \\<br /> \sqrt{3} & -1 \end{array} \right)\]<br /> [/tex]

These does not however, seem to fulfill the F O T, what does this mean? It seems to be a irreducible representation :/
 
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Those matrices are not linearly independent:

[tex]0.5\left( \begin{array}{cc}<br /> -1 & \sqrt{3} \\<br /> -\sqrt{3} & -1 \end{array} \right)\] = - 0.5 \left( \begin{array}{cc}<br /> -1 & -\sqrt{3} \\<br /> \sqrt{3} & -1 \end{array} \right)\] - 2I.[/tex]