Some remarks on anchor of irreducible characters (Q6569345)

The notion \(anchor\) of an irreducible ordinary character \(\chi\) of a finite group \(G\) is defined in [\textit{R. Kessar} et al., J. Algebra 475, 113--132 (2017; Zbl 1368.20005)].\N\NLet \((K, \mathcal O, k)\) be a \(p\)-modular system, namely \(\mathcal O\) is a complete discrete valuation ring with its residue field \(k:=\mathcal O/{\mathrm{rad}}\,(\mathcal O)\) of characteristic \(p>0\) and its field of fractions \(K\) of characteristic zero, such that the \(p\)-modular system is big enough for the necessary argument.\NLet \(e_\chi\) be the unique primitive idempotent in the center \(Z(KG)\) of \(KG\) with \(\chi(e_\chi)\,{\not=}\,0\). Then the anchor of \(\chi\) is a defect group of the primitive interior \(G\)-algebra \(\mathcal OGe_\chi\).\N\NThe authors prove the following: The direct product of the anchors of two irreducible ordinary characters is the anchor of the tensor product of their irreducible ordinary characters. As a consequence they prove also that if \(G\) is a nilpotent group, then \(\chi(1)\) divides the index of the center of its anchor for every irreducible ordinary character \(\chi\) of \(G\).