##  [Character Table Method](/character-table-method) 

  ##  [Character Table Method](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/character-table-method-0) 

  

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Definition

A technique in representation theory that exploits the values of irreducible characters of a finite group and their orthogonality relations (row and column orthogonality) to deduce structural information about the group, decompose representations, compute class multiplication coefficients, and constrain possibilities for normal subgroups and simple factors.