Unitary Representations of Generalized Symmetric Groups

Abstract

In this paper all representations are over the complex field K. The generalized symmetric group S(n, m) of order n!mn is isomorphic to the semi-direct product of the group of n × n diagonal matrices whose rath powers are the unit matrix by the group of all n × n permutation matrices over K. As a permutation group, S(n, m) consists of all permutations of the mn symbols {1, 2, …, mn} which commute withObviously, S (1, m) is a cyclic group of order m, while S(n, 1) is the symmetric group of order n!. If ci = (i, n+ i, …, (m – 1)n+ i) andthen {c1, c2, …, cn} generate a normal subgroup Q(n) of order mn and {s1, s2, …, sn…1} generate a subgroup S(n) isomorphic to S(n, 1).