Clifford classes for isoclinic groups. (Q1770218)

Let \(G\) be a finite group, \(N\) a normal subgroup of \(G\), and \(\chi\) an irreducible character of \(G\). The irreducible characters, and their Schur indices, of all subgroups of \(G\) containing \(N\) are dependent on the Clifford class \(c\) of \(\chi\) with respect to \(N\) over a field \(F\). In the case of \(G/N\) being cyclic, associating elements of cosets of \(N\) in \(G\) by a power of a fixed root of unity \(\varepsilon\) derives an isoclinic group \(\widetilde G\) and character \(\widetilde\chi\). The main result of the paper is to establish a formula to calculate the Clifford class \(\widetilde c\) of \(\widetilde\chi\) in terms of \(c\) and \(\varepsilon\). It proves that the Clifford element \([\![\chi_2]\!]\in\text{Clif}(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z},F)\) depends only on \(\varepsilon\) and \([\![\chi_1]\!]=[\![Z_1,\alpha_1,b_1]\!]\), and \([\![\chi_2]\!]=[\![Z_1,\varepsilon^n\alpha_1,b_1]\!]\). In particular, if \(\varepsilon\) is choosen to be a \(|G/N|\)-th root of 1, it shows in fact \(c=\widetilde c\). If \(\varepsilon=i\) and \(|G/N|=2\), it gives a group automorphism on the Brauer-Wall group.