Vertices of Lie modules. (Q2349335)

The paper under review is concerned with the Lie module \(L_n\) of a finite symmetric group \(S_n\) of degree \(n\) over an algebraically closed field \(F\) of characteristic \(p>0\). Thus \(L_n\) is a certain principal left ideal of the group algebra \(FS_n\) whose restriction to \(FS_{n-1}\) is isomorphic to the regular \(FS_{n-1}\)-module. Hence, if \(p\nmid n\) then \(L_n\) is a projective \(FS_n\)-module. The authors therefore consider the case \(p\mid n\). It is known that every nonprojective component of \(L_n\) belongs to the principal block of \(FS_n\). The main result of the paper under review gives a decomposition of \(L_n\) which reduces the problem of determining the vertices and sources of the components of \(L_n\) to the case where \(n\) is a power of \(p\). The authors also investigate the cases \((n,p)=(8,2)\) and \((n,p)=(9,3)\) by computational methods. In these cases \(L_n\) has a unique nonprojective component \(M\). Moreover, the vertex \(P\) of \(M\) is an elementary abelian regular subgroup of \(S_n\), and the \(P\)-source \(V\) of \(M\) is an endo-permutation module. The authors also determine the class of \(V\) in the Dade group of \(P\).