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The character of a matrix (the “trace” in physics), which carries the symbol χ, is equal to the sum of the diagonals of the matrix. For the matrix A ij we write
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Liboff, R.L. (2004). Matrices, Irreps and the Great Orthogonality Theorem. In: Primer for Point and Space Groups. Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9383-2_3
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