The 5-Modular Representations of the Tits Simple Group in the Principal Block (Q3974540)

The main aim of this paper is to compute the Green correspondents and the sources of the irreducible representations of the title. The method is essentially to construct the representations explicitly, restrict them to the Sylow 5-normalizer, and use G. Schneider's programs to find the direct sum decomposition and hence read off the Green correspondent. A further restriction to the Sylow 5-subgroup gives the sources. The paper begins with a description of the construction of the 26- dimensional representations over \(GF(25)\) from two subgroups \(L_ 3(3):2\) intersecting in \(3_ +^{1+2}:D_ 8\). From these all the other irreducible representations in the principal block can be obtained with the `Meat-axe' by standard methods. [The tricks used by the author to overcome the severe limitations of the CAYLEY implementation of the `Meat-axe' are surely no longer necessary.] \{Note: The author claims to have written down the socle series of all the Green correspondents, but unfortunately he does not give enough information to identify the irreducible characters of the Sylow 5- normalizer. For example, 3a and 3b even have different kernels, but despite strenuous efforts I was unable to determine which was which. The extraordinary statement `Knowing only the matrices we have no chance to find \dots a Sylow 5-normalizer of \(^ 2F_ 4(2)'\)' is easily refuted: random elements \(x\in 2A\) and \(y\in 3A\) generate such a subgroup with probability almost 1 in 4, so the whole procedure can be done in less than 5 minutes.\}.