Irreducible Representations and Class

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sineontheline

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Oct 13, 2010

So I'm studying molecules and symmetry and I was wondering if there was a intuitive way of understanding why there are as many irreducible representations as there are classes. I keep getting lost in the math of the characters.

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Oct 16, 2010

*bump* :)

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