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Linear Transformations · Superchallenge problem

Let VV be the 4949-dimensional space of real 7×77\times 7 arrays. Each of the 88 symmetries gg of a square (four rotations and four reflections) gives a linear map Rg:V→VR_g: V\to V that moves the entries of an array accordingly. Find the rank of T=∑gRgT = \sum_g R_g.