Brauer pairs of Camina \(p\)-groups of nilpotence class 2. (Q1018041)

Two non-isomorphic groups, \(G\) and \(H\), are said to form a Brauer pair if they have identical character tables and identical power maps. Brauer asked in 1963 if there were any examples. \textit{E. C. Dade} gave the first example in 1964 [J. Algebra 1, 1-4 (1964; Zbl 0121.03303)]. \(G\) is a Camina group if for all \(g\notin G'\) the conjugacy class of \(g\) is the coset \(gG'\). This paper proves the following theorem: Let \(P\) and \(Q\) be two non-isomorphic Camina \(p\)-groups with nilpotency class \(2\). The \(P\) and \(Q\) form a Brauer pair if and only if \(\mho_1(P)=\mho_1(Q)\), \(|P:P'|=|Q:Q'|\) and \(|P'|=|Q'|\). These properties are easy to check. The author then used MAGMA to investigate groups where \(|P:P'|=p^4\) and \(|P'|=p^2\). He found a number of non-isomorphic groups where \(|\mho_1(P)|=p^2\) and so found a number of new Brauer pairs.