A key result in complex representation theory is the fact that, under a specific Hermitian inner product, the characters of the irreducible representations of a finite group G are an orthonormal basis for the vector space of complex-valued class functions on G. This video is an explanation and proof of why the irreducible characters are an orthonormal basis.
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0:00 Orthonormal
10:19 Basis
21:15 Summary
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