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Bounding p-Brauer characters in finite groups with two conjugacy classes of p-elements

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Authors

  • Nguyen Ngoc Hung
  • Benjamin Sambale
  • Pham Huu Tiep

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • University of Akron
  • Rutgers University

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)327–358
Number of pages32
JournalIsrael Journal of Mathematics
Volume262
Issue number1
Early online date24 Apr 2024
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2024

Abstract

Let k(B_0) and l(B_0) respectively denote the number of ordinary and p-Brauer irreducible characters in the principal block B_0 of a finite group G. We prove that, if k(B_0)-l(B_0)=1, then l(B_0)\geq p-1 or else p=11 and l(B_0)=9. This follows from a more general result that for every finite group G in which all non-trivial p-elements are conjugate, l(B_0)\geq p-1 or else p = 11 and G/O_{p'}(G) =11^2:SL(2,5). These results are useful in the study of principal blocks with a few characters. We propose that, in every finite group G of order divisible by p, the number of irreducible Brauer characters in the principal p-block of G is always at least 2\sqrt{p-1}+1-k_p(G), where k_p(G) is the number of conjugacy classes of p-elements of G. This indeed is a consequence of the celebrated Alperin weight conjecture and known results on bounding the number of p-regular classes in finite groups.

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Bounding p-Brauer characters in finite groups with two conjugacy classes of p-elements. / Hung, Nguyen Ngoc; Sambale, Benjamin; Tiep, Pham Huu.
In: Israel Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 262, No. 1, 09.2024, p. 327–358.

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Hung NN, Sambale B, Tiep PH. Bounding p-Brauer characters in finite groups with two conjugacy classes of p-elements. Israel Journal of Mathematics. 2024 Sept;262(1):327–358. Epub 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s11856-024-2613-1
Hung, Nguyen Ngoc ; Sambale, Benjamin ; Tiep, Pham Huu. / Bounding p-Brauer characters in finite groups with two conjugacy classes of p-elements. In: Israel Journal of Mathematics. 2024 ; Vol. 262, No. 1. pp. 327–358.
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