Note on E representations in
S18 character table



16 irreducible representations of point group S18 have complex values. 8 two-dimensional real-valued representations E can be constructed as direct sum of the 8 pairs complex plus conjugate complex irreducible representation.

E1g = E1g,a ⊕ E1g,b
E2g = E2g,a ⊕ E2g,b
E3g = E3g,a ⊕ E3g,b
E4g = E4g,a ⊕ E4g,b
E1u = E1u,a ⊕ E1u,b
E2u = E2u,a ⊕ E2u,b
E3u = E3u,a ⊕ E3u,b
E4u = E4u,a ⊕ E4u,b


ε=exp(2πi/9)
S18 E C9 (C9)2 C3 (C9)4 (C9)5 (C3)2 (C9)7 (C9)8 i (S18)11 (S18)13 (S6)5 (S18)17 S18 S6 (S18)5 (S18)7
Ag 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
E1g E1g,a
E1g,b
1
1
ε*
ε*
ε2*
ε2*
ε3*
ε3*
ε4*
ε4*
ε4*
ε4*
ε3*
ε3*
ε2*
ε2*
ε*
ε*
1
1
ε*
ε*
ε2*
ε2*
ε3*
ε3*
ε4*
ε4*
ε4*
ε4*
ε3*
ε3*
ε2*
ε2*
ε*
ε*
E2g E2g,a
E2g,b
1
1
ε2*
ε2*
ε4*
ε4*
ε3*
ε3*
ε*
ε*
ε*
ε*
ε3*
ε3*
ε4*
ε4*
ε2*
ε2*
1
1
ε2*
ε2*
ε4*
ε4*
ε3*
ε3*
ε*
ε*
ε*
ε*
ε3*
ε3*
ε4*
ε4*
ε2*
ε2*
E3g E3g,a
E3g,b
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
E4g E4g,a
E4g,b
1
1
ε4*
ε4*
ε*
ε*
ε3*
ε3*
ε2*
ε2*
ε2*
ε2*
ε3*
ε3*
ε*
ε*
ε4*
ε4*
1
1
ε4*
ε4*
ε*
ε*
ε3*
ε3*
ε2*
ε2*
ε2*
ε2*
ε3*
ε3*
ε*
ε*
ε4*
ε4*
Au 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
E1u E1u,a
E1u,b
1
1
ε*
ε*
ε2*
ε2*
ε3*
ε3*
ε4*
ε4*
ε4*
ε4*
ε3*
ε3*
ε2*
ε2*
ε*
ε*
-1
-1
*
*
2*
2*
3*
3*
4*
4*
4*
4*
3*
3*
2*
2*
*
*
E2u E2u,a
E2u,b
1
1
ε2*
ε2*
ε4*
ε4*
ε3*
ε3*
ε*
ε*
ε*
ε*
ε3*
ε3*
ε4*
ε4*
ε2*
ε2*
-1
-1
2*
2*
4*
4*
3*
3*
*
*
*
*
3*
3*
4*
4*
2*
2*
E3u E3u,a
E3u,b
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
1
1
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
ε3*
-1
-1
3*
3*
3*
3*
-1
-1
3*
3*
3*
3*
-1
-1
3*
3*
3*
3*
E4u E4u,a
E4u,b
1
1
ε4*
ε4*
ε*
ε*
ε3*
ε3*
ε2*
ε2*
ε2*
ε2*
ε3*
ε3*
ε*
ε*
ε4*
ε4*
-1
-1
4*
4*
*
*
3*
3*
2*
2*
2*
2*
3*
3*
*
*
4*
4*


Obviously the E representations are reducible. Nevertheless the E representations are treated often as irreducible representations and are called real-valued or pseudo irreducible representations. One should keep in mind that general statements for character tables fail for real-valued representations. For example:



Last update November, 13th 2023 by A. Gelessus, Impressum, Datenschutzerklärung/DataPrivacyStatement