Complex general linear group

Every irrep of GL𝑛() is an irrep of U(𝑛) and SU(𝑛)

Let Γ :GL𝑛() GL(𝑉) be a finite-dimensional irrep of GL𝑛(). Then the restrictions Γ U(𝑛) and Γ SU(𝑛) are also irreps of U(𝑛) and SU(𝑛) respectively. lie

[!chec\Spanroof (sketch) A representation of a Lie group is reducible iff its infinitesimal representation is reducible. We can give a basis to the Lie algebra of each group as follows

𝔰𝔲(𝑛)=span{𝐽𝑗}2𝑛1𝑗=1𝔲(𝑛)=span{𝐽𝑗}2𝑛1𝑗=0,𝐽0=𝟙𝔤𝔩𝑛()=span{𝐽𝑗,𝑖𝐽𝑗}2𝑛1𝑗=1

hence clearly a block diagonalization of a representation of 𝔤𝔩𝑛() yields a block diagonalization of the restrictions to 𝔰𝔲(𝑛) and 𝔲(𝑛).


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