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

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.