On the number of characters in blocks of finite general linear, unitary and symmetric groups (Q790239): Difference between revisions

The author proves the following conjecture of R. Brauer to be true for the classes of groups mentioned in the title: If G is a finite group, r a prime number, B an r-block of G, k(B) the number of ordinary irreducible characters in B, d(B) the defect and \(\Delta\) (B) a defect group of B, then \(k(B)\leq r^{d(B)}=| \Delta(B)|,\) if G is a finite symmetric group or \(2\neq r\nmid q\) and \(G=GL(n,q)\) or \(G=U(n,q).\) Furthermore he shows that in these cases we have \(k_ 0(B)\leq | \Delta(B)/\Delta(B)'|,\) where now \(k_ 0(B)\) denotes the number of ordinary irreducible characters of height 0 in B, and \(\Delta\) (B)' is the commutator subgroup of \(\Delta\) (B).