Extensions of nilpotent blocks (Q1813296)

Let \(O\) be a discrete valuation ring whose residue field \(k\) is algebraically closed of characteristic \(p\). Let \(G\) be a finite group, and let \(H\) be a normal subgroup of \(G\). \textit{M. Broué} and the second author [Invent. Math. 56, 117-128 (1980; Zbl 0425.20008)] introduced the notion of nilpotent blocks of \(H\), and the second author [Invent. Math. 93, 77-116 (1988; Zbl 0646.20010)] essentially completed the analysis of them by determining the structure of their so-called source algebras. The purpose of the present paper is to study the source algebras of blocks of \(G\) that lie over nilpotent blocks of \(H\). The main result is that the structure of such a block is completely determined by two \(O\)-algebras, one a twisted group algebra, and the other the endomorphism ring of a capped endo-permutation module for a certain \(p\)-subgroup of \(G\). The details are too lengthy and involved to be explained here.