Abstract
A set of characteristic operators {F} is proposed for performing the decomposition of p‐particle Hermitian operators {Dp} to constitute irreducible components {D} of the unitary group D = FDp, q = 0,1,2,…,p. For a deeper expolration of the properties of the characteristic operators, a few theorems are presented. As an illustration, the expected values for symmetric p‐particle Hermitian operators are obtained as a number of terms having invariant group‐theoretical meaning.