If ρ is a selfdual representation of a group G on a vector space V over C, we will say that ρ is orthogonal, resp. symplectic, if G leaves a nondegenerate symmetric, resp. alternating, bilinear form B : V ×V → C invariant. If ρ is irreducible, exactly one of these possibilities will occur, and we may define a sign c(ρ) ∈ {±1}, taken to be +1, resp. −1, in the orthogonal, resp. symplectic, case....