Counting characters in linear group actions.

DOI10.1007/S11856-009-0054-5MaRDI QIDQ836122zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas Michael Keller

Publication date 31 August 2009

Published in Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0581

zbMATH Keywords

\(k(GV)\)-problemgroup actionsirreducible charactersnumbers of conjugacy classessemidirect products

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Modular representations and characters (20C20) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a finite group and $V$ be a finite $G$--module. We present upper bounds for the cardinalities of certain subsets of $Irr(GV)$, such as the set of those $chiinIrr(GV)$ such that, for a fixed $vinV$, the restriction of $chi$ to $<v>$ is not a multiple of the regular character of $<v>$. These results might be useful in attacking the non--coprime $k(GV)$--problem.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a finite group and \(V\) a finite \(G\)-module in characteristic \(p\). \textit{R. Knörr}, [in Ill. J. Math. 28, 181-210 (1984; Zbl 0536.20007)], established strong upper bounds on the number \(k(GV)\) of conjugacy classes of the semidirect product \(GV\) by using only information on \(C_G(v)\) for some \(v\in V\) in the coprime case, that is, \((|G|,|V|)=1\). In particular, Knörr's result implies \(k(GV)\leq |V|\) when \(G\) has a regular orbit on \(V\), and this latter bound played a crucial role in the subsequent solution of the \(k(GV)\)-problem by the efforts of many authors [cf. \textit{P. Schmid}, The solution of the \(k(GV)\) problem. ICP Advanced Texts in Mathematics 4. London: Imperial College Press (2007; Zbl 1153.20001)]. In this paper, the author generalizes Knörr argument to obtain various upper bounds for the cardinalities of certain subsets of irreducible characters of \(GV\) including the non-coprime case.

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• On the non-coprime k(GV)-problem.
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