Given a group πΊ, a central characterπ:π(πΊ)βπΓ is a linear character for its centre. rep
A general group representationΞ:πΊβGLβ‘(π) over π is said to have central character iff π(πΊ) is represented as the centre of the general linear groupπ(π)β πΓ,
in which case the corresponding homomorphism is the corresponding central character.