Character Tables for Common Symmetry Groups - The Cn
Groups
| C2 | E | C2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | z, Rz | x2, y2, z2, xy |
| B | 1 | -1 | x, y, Rx, Ry | yz, xz |
| C3 | E | C3 | C32 | ε = exp(2π/3) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 1 | z, Rz | x2 + y2, z2 |
| E | { 1 ε ε+ } 1 ε+ ε | (x, y)(Rx, Ry) | (x2 - y2, xy)(yz, xz) | ||
| C4 | E | C4 | C2 | C43 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | z, Rz | x2 + y2, z2 |
| B | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | x2 - y2, xy | |
| E | { 1 i -1 -i } 1 -i -1 i | (x, y)(Rz, Ry) | (yz, xz) | |||
| C5 | E | C5 | C52 | C53 | C54 | ε = exp (2π/5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | z, Rz | x2 + y2, z2 |
| E1 | { 1 ε ε2 ε2+ ε+ } 1 ε+ ε2+ ε2 ε | (x, y)(Rz, Ry) | (yz, xz) | ||||
| E2 | { 1 ε2 ε+ ε ε2+ } 1 ε2+ ε ε+ ε2 | (x2 - y2, xy) | |||||
| C6 | E | C6 | C3 | C2 | C32 | C65 | ε = exp(2π/6) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | z, Rz | x2 + y2, z2 |
| B | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | ||
| E1 | { 1 ε -ε+ -1 -ε ε+ } 1 ε+ -ε -1 -ε+ε | (x, y) (Rz, Ry) | (xz, yz) | |||||
| E2 | { 1 -ε+ -ε 1 -ε+ -ε } 1 -ε -ε+ 1 -ε -ε+ | (x2 - y2, xy) | ||||||
Reference: F.A. Cotton, "Chemical Applications of Group Theory," 3rd ed., Wiley-Interscience, NY, 1990.