The Noether numbers and the Davenport constants of the groups of order less than 32 (Q724292): Difference between revisions

The authors compute the Noether numbers of all groups of order \(\leq 32\). Recall that the Noether number of a finite group \(G\) is defined by \(\beta(G)=\sup\{\beta(S(V)^G):V\;\text{ is a }G{\text{-module}}\}\), where \(S(V)\) is the symmetric tensor algebra and \(S(V)^G\) is the subalgebra of polynomial invariants. It is well known that in the non-modular case (char\(F\) does not divide \(|G|\)) than \(\beta(G)\leq |G|\). However, the exact value of the Noether number is known only for a very limited class of groups. For example, if \(G\) is abelian then \(\beta(G)\) is equal to the Davenport constant \(D(G)\) (the maximal length of an irreducible zero-sum sequence over \(G\)). In this paper the authors give a table containing the values of the Noether number and the Davenport constants for each non-abelian group of order less than 32. They also provide references and proofs to verify the Noether numbers in the table. In particular, in non-modular characteristic for each group of order less than 32 the Noether number is attained on a multiplicity free representation (Theorem 4.2). Also, it is observed that the Noether number is strictly monotone with respect to taking subgroups or factor groups.