Irreducible restriction and zeros of characters (Q2706576)

It is a long known fact (by Burnside, around 1900) that an irreducible complex character \(\chi\) of a finite group \(G\) admits some element \(g\in G\) satisfying \(\chi(g)=0\) if and only if \(\chi(1)>1\).NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn this very remarkable note, the author proves the following extension to Burnside's result. Theorem A. Suppose \(N\) is a normal subgroup of \(G\). Let \(\chi\in\text{Irr}(G)\). Then \(\chi_N\) is not irreducible if and only if \(\chi(t)=0\) for all \(t\) contained in some specific coset of \(N\) in \(G\).NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEAs corollaries we have: B. If \(N\) is normal in \(G\) and \(G/N\) a \(\pi\)-group, and if \(\chi\in\text{Irr}(G)\) with \(\chi(s)\) not zero on the \(\pi\)-elements \(s\) of \(G\), then \(\chi_N\) is irreducible. C. If \(G=HN\), \(H\leq G\), \(N\) normal in \(G\), \(\chi\in\text{Irr}(G)\), then \(\chi_N\) is irreducible if \(\chi(h)\neq 0\) whenever \(h\in H\).NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEAs to the proof, use has been made of so-called character-triple-isomorphisms.