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A representation <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683901.png" /> of a group (algebra, ring, semi-group) <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683902.png" /> on a (topological) vector space <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683903.png" /> such that any (continuous) linear operator on <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683904.png" /> commuting with every operator <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683905.png" />, <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683906.png" />, is a scalar multiple of the identity operator on <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683907.png" />. If <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683908.png" /> is a completely-irreducible representation (in particular, if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o0683909.png" /> is a finite-dimensional irreducible representation), then <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o06839010.png" /> is an operator-irreducible representation; the converse is not always true. If <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o06839011.png" /> is a [[Unitary representation|unitary representation]] of a group or a symmetric representation of a symmetric algebra, then <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o06839012.png" /> is an operator-irreducible representation if and only if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/o/o068/o068390/o06839013.png" /> is an [[Irreducible representation|irreducible representation]].
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A representation $\pi$ of a group (algebra, ring, semi-group) $X$ on a (topological) vector space $E$ such that any (continuous) linear operator on $E$ commuting with every operator $\pi(x)$, $x\in X$, is a scalar multiple of the identity operator on $E$. If $\pi$ is a completely-irreducible representation (in particular, if $\pi$ is a finite-dimensional irreducible representation), then $\pi$ is an operator-irreducible representation; the converse is not always true. If $\pi$ is a [[Unitary representation|unitary representation]] of a group or a symmetric representation of a symmetric algebra, then $\pi$ is an operator-irreducible representation if and only if $\pi$ is an [[Irreducible representation|irreducible representation]].
  
  

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A representation $\pi$ of a group (algebra, ring, semi-group) $X$ on a (topological) vector space $E$ such that any (continuous) linear operator on $E$ commuting with every operator $\pi(x)$, $x\in X$, is a scalar multiple of the identity operator on $E$. If $\pi$ is a completely-irreducible representation (in particular, if $\pi$ is a finite-dimensional irreducible representation), then $\pi$ is an operator-irreducible representation; the converse is not always true. If $\pi$ is a unitary representation of a group or a symmetric representation of a symmetric algebra, then $\pi$ is an operator-irreducible representation if and only if $\pi$ is an irreducible representation.


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[a1] I.M. Gel'fand, M.I. Graev, N.Ya. Vilenkin, "Generalized functions" , 5. Integral geometry and representation theory , Acad. Press (1966) pp. 149 ff (Translated from Russian)
[a2] A.A. Kirillov, "Elements of the theory of representations" , Springer (1976) pp. 114 (Translated from Russian)
How to Cite This Entry:
Operator-irreducible representation. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Operator-irreducible_representation&oldid=31668
This article was adapted from an original article by A.I. Shtern (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article