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There are several meanings of the word character in mathematics, although all are related to the idea of using complex numbers to study a more abstract algebraic structure.

If A is an abelian group, a character is a group homomorphism into the multiplicative group of complex numbers. The set Ch(A) of these morphisms, forms a group under the operation

χ_aχ_b=χ_ab.

Sometimes only unitary characters are considered (so that the image is in the unit circle); other such homomorphisms are then called quasi-characters

Dirichlet characters can be seen a special case of this definition.

If f is a representation of a group G, then the character of the representation is the function from G to the complex numbers given by the trace of f. see character theory.

If A is an abelian algebra over the complex numbers, a character of A is an algebra homomorphism into the complex numbers. If in addition, A is a *-algebra, then a character is a *-homomorphism into the complex numbers.

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