Composition factors of rational finite groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2006.04.040MaRDI QIDQ2474470zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John G. Thompson

Publication date 6 March 2008

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2006.04.040

zbMATH Keywords

composition factorsfields of valuesfinite groupsirreducible charactersrational groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Series and lattices of subgroups (20D30)

Review text

A finite group \(G\) is called `rational' if all values of its irreducible complex characters are rational. The purpose of the paper under review is to prove the following Theorem: If \(p\) is a prime such that some rational finite group has a composition factor of order \(p\), then \(p\leq 11\). The proof is long and technical and depends on CFSG. If \(G\) is a minimal counterexample, then there is a prime \(l\geq 13\) such that \(G\) has a minimal normal subgroup \(V\) which is an elementary Abelian \(l\)-subgroup such that \(G/V\) is rational and \(V=C_G(V)\), and this setting has to be studied very carefully. The author expresses his hope that in the future he will be able to replace the ``11 in the Theorem by ``5.

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