Nonsolvable groups with three nonlinear irreducible character codegrees

DOI10.1007/S11401-024-0010-ZMaRDI QIDQ6127736zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dongfang Yang, Yu Zeng

Publication date 14 April 2024

Published in Chinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.07785

zbMATH Keywords

character codegreenonsolvable group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Special subgroups (Frattini, Fitting, etc.) (20D25)

Abstract: For an irreducible character $chi$ of a finite group $G$, the codegree of $chi$ is defined as $|G:ker(chi)|/chi(1)$. In this paper, we determine finite nonsolvable groups with exactly three nonlinear irreducible character codegrees, and they are $mathrm{L}_2(2^f)$ for $fge2$, $mathrm{PGL}_2(q)$ for odd $qge5$ or $mathrm{M}_{10}$.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a finite group and let \(\mathrm{Irr}(G)\) be the set of irreducible (complex) characters of \(G\). For \(\chi \in \mathrm{Irr}(G)\), the codegree of \(\chi\) is defined as \(\mathrm{cod}(\chi)=|G : \ker \chi |\cdot \chi(1)^{-1}\) and, if \(N \trianglelefteq G\), \(\mathrm{cod}(G | N)=\{\mathrm{cod}(\chi) \mid \chi \in \mathrm{Irr}(G), \;\ker \chi \not \leq N\}\). In the paper under review, the authors determine finite nonsolvable groups with exactly three nonlinear irreducible character codegrees, that is such that \(|\mathrm{cod}(G | G')|=3\). The main result is Theorem A: Let \(G\) be a finite nonsolvable group such that \(|\mathrm{cod}(G|G')| = 3\). Then \(G\) is isomorphic to one of the following groups: \(\mathrm{PSL}_{2}(2^{f})\), where \(f \geq 2\); \(\mathrm{PGL}_{2}(q)\), where \(q=p^{f}\) is an odd prime power larger than 3, and \(\mathrm{M}_{10}\). A direct consequence of Theorem A is Corollary B: If \(G\) is a finite non-solvable group such that \(|\mathrm{cod}(G)|= 4\), then \(G\) is isomorphic to \(\mathrm{PSL}_{2}(2^{f})\) for \(f \geq 2\).

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