A construction of endo-permutation modules (Q2705005)

Let \(k\) be an algebraically closed field of characteristic \(p>0\), and let \(P\) be a finite \(p\)-group. A \(kP\)-module \(M\) is called an endo-permutation module if the \(kP\)-module \(\text{End}_k(M)\) is a permutation \(kP\)-module. The author shows that, for a finite \(P\)-set \(X\), the kernel \(\Delta(X)\) of the augmentation map \(kX\to k\) is always an endo-permutation \(kP\)-module. Moreover, \(\Delta(X)\) is indecomposable if and only if no orbit of \(P\) on \(X\) is a homomorphic image, as a \(P\)-set, of another orbit of \(P\) on \(X\). In this case, for any subgroup \(Q\) of \(P\), the corresponding endo-permutation \(k[N_P(Q)/Q]\)-module \(\text{Br}^P_Q(\Delta(X))\) is isomorphic to \(\Delta(X^Q)\); here \(X^Q\) denotes the set of fixed points of \(Q\) on \(X\). The author uses these results in order to determine the rank of the group of endo-trivial modules.