2-blocks with minimal nonabelian defect groups.

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Abstract: We study numerical invariants of 2-blocks with minimal nonabelian defect groups. These groups were classified by R'edei. If the defect group is also metacyclic, then the block invariants are known. In the remaining cases there are only two (infinite) families of "interesting" defect groups. In all other cases the blocks are nilpotent. We prove Brauer's k(B)-conjecture and the Olsson-conjecture for all 2-blocks with minimal nonabelian defect groups. For one of the two families we also show that Alperin's weight conjecture and Dade's conjecture is satisfied. This paper is a part of the author's PhD thesis.


The author investigates \(2\)-blocks \(B\) with a minimal nonabelian defect group \(D\). Thus \(D\) is nonabelian, but all proper subgroups of \(D\) are Abelian. The various possibilities for \(D\) are known by a result of Rédei. If \(D\) is metacyclic then the structure of \(B\) is known by earlier results; so the author concentrates on the remaining cases. If \(B\) is nilpotent then the structure of \(B\) follows from a result of Puig. Therefore the author considers only the nonnilpotent case. Then two families of defect groups remain, each parametrized by a positive integer \(r\). For one of these two families, the author determines the numerical invariants \(k(B)\), \(l(B)\), \(k_i(B)\) (\(i\geq 0\)) of the corresponding blocks \(B\). Moreover, he verifies the conjectures of Alperin and Dade for these blocks and shows that the gluing problem has a unique solution. For the other family of defect groups, the author proves inequalities for the numerical invariants \(k(B)\), \(l(B)\), \(k_i(B)\) (\(i\geq 0\)). In this case he is able to verify conjectures of Brauer and Olsson concerning the numbers \(k(B)\) and \(k_0(B)\). Reviewer's remark: Recently, the author, C. Eaton and the reviewer completed the work on the second family of defect groups, by making use of the classification of the finite simple groups.



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