Minimal groups of given representation dimension

Abstract: For a finite group

G

, let

e x t r d i m (G)

denote the smallest dimension of a faithful, complex linear representation of

G

. It is clear that

e x t r d i m (H) l e q e x t r d i m (G)

for any subgroup

H

of

G

. We consider

G

with the property that

e x t r d i m (H) < e x t r d i m (G)

whenever

H

is a proper subgroup of

G

, in particular proving a classification of such groups when

G

is abelian or

e x t r d i m (G) l e q 3

.

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