On the vertices of indecomposable modules over dihedral 2-groups. (Q1018405)

The author calculates the vertices of indecomposable modules over the group algebra \(kD_8\), where \(k\) is an algebraically closed field of characteristic \(2\), and \(D_{2^n}\) denotes the dihedral group of order \(2^n\), \(n\geq 3\). The calculation is based on the analysis of the Auslander-Reiten quiver of \(kD_8\). He also gives a conjectural formula of the induced module of a string module from \(kT_0\) to \(kD_{2^n}\), where \(T_0\) is a dihedral subgroup of index \(2\) of \(D_{2^n}\). This formula would give the vertices of all string modules, and it is verified in several particular cases.