On 26 mar, 22:08, Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > > I think we all agree that jmf is a character. > ------
The characters are also "intrisic characteristics" of a group in the Group Theory. If you are not a mathematician, but eg a scientist in need of these characters, they are available in "precalculated" tables, one shorly calls ... "Tables of characters" ! (My booklet of the tables is titled "Tables for Group Theory") Example in chemistry, mainly "quantum chemistry": Group Theory and its Application to Chemistry http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Symmetry/Group_Theory%3A_Application (Copied link from Firefox). jmf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list