On Relatively Projective Modules and the Külshammer–Robinson Basis (Q4807591)

Let \(G\) be a finite group, \(p\) a prime dividing the order of \(G\), \(N\) a normal \(p\)-subgroup of \(G\), and \((K,R,F)\) a \(p\)-modular system with \(F\) algebraically closed. The paper under review investigates bases of two \(\mathbb{Z}\)-submodules of the character ring of \(G\). The Külshammer-Robinson basis is a distinguished basis of the \(\mathbb{Z}\)-submodule generated by the characters of all \(N\)-projective \(RG\)-modules, and the Navarro basis is the canonical basis for the \(\mathbb{Z}\)-submodule generated by the restrictions of complex characters of \(G\) to the set \(G^0=\{x\in G\mid x_p\in N\}\). The KR-matrix and the N-numbers are defined, and the author shows that these are determined, via the Brauer correspondence, by local decomposition numbers and Cartan matrices.