Projective modules and involutions. (Q2497425)

Let \(G\) be a finite group and \(k\) an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. In this paper, the author investigates the \(G\)-permutation module \(k\Omega\), where \(\Omega:=\{t\in G\mid t^2=1\}\) is a \(G\)-set under conjugation. He proves that every projective indecomposable summand of \(k\Omega\) is irreducible and self-dual, hence it belongs to a real \(2\)-block of \(G\) that has defect zero. Moreover, any such summand occurs with multiplicity \(1\) in \(k\Omega\). As a corollary, one deduces that there is a bijection between the real \(2\)-blocks of \(G\) with defect zero and the projective components of \(k\Omega\).