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In group theory, a character may refer one of two related concepts: a group homomorphism from a group to the unit circle, or the trace of a group representation.
Group homomorphism
A character of a group G is a group homomorphism from G to the unit circle, the multiplicative group of complex numbers of modulus one.
Group representation
A character of a group representation of G, which may be regarded as a homomorphism from the group G to a matrix group, is the trace of the corresponding matrix.