Orders generated by character values

Abstract: Let

K := m a t h b b Q (G)

be the number field generated by the complex character values of a finite group

G

. Let

m a t h b b Z_{K}

be the ring of integers of

K

. In this paper we investigate the suborder

m a t h b b Z [G]

of

m a t h b b Z_{K}

generated by the character values of

G

. We prove that every prime divisor of the order of the finite abelian group

m a t h b b Z_{K} / m a t h b b Z [G]

divides

| G |

. Moreover, if

G

is nilpotent, we show that the exponent of

m a t h b b Z_{K} / m a t h b b Z [G]

is a proper divisor of

| G |

unless

G = 1

. We conjecture that this holds for arbitrary finite groups

G

.

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