Cartan matrices and Brauer's k(B)-conjecture. III.

DOI10.1007/S00229-014-0702-XMaRDI QIDQ2017742zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Benjamin Sambale

Publication date 23 March 2015

Published in Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.7017

zbMATH Keywords

blocksBrauer \(k(B)\)-conjectureCartan matricesfinite groupsmodular representationsnumbers of irreducible Brauer charactersnumbers of ordinary irreducible characters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Modular representations and characters (20C20)

Abstract: For a block $B$ of a finite group we prove that $k(B)le(detC-1)/l(B)+l(B)ledetC$ where $k(B)$ (respectively $l(B)$) is the number of irreducible ordinary (respectively Brauer) characters of $B$, and $C$ is the Cartan matrix of $B$. As an application, we show that Brauer's $k(B)$-Conjecture holds for every block with abelian defect group $D$ and inertial quotient $T$ provided there exists an element $uinD$ such that $C_T(u)$ acts freely on $D/<u>$. This gives a new proof of Brauer's Conjecture for abelian defect groups of rank at most $2$. We also prove the conjecture in case $l(B)le3$.

Review text

Continuing earlier work of his [for part II see J. Algebra 337, No. 1, 345-362 (2011; Zbl 1243.20013)], the author studies determinants of Cartan matrices in this paper. Let \(G\) be a finite group and \(B\) a block of \(G\). Let \(C\) be the Cartan matrix of \(B\), and write \(k(B)\) and \(l(B)\) for the numbers of irreducible ordinary characters and Brauer characters in \(B\), respectively. Then the main result of the paper establishes the following upper bound for \(k(B)\): (*) \(k(B)\leq\frac{\det C-1}{l(B)}+l(B)\leq\det C\). This bound implies Brauer's \(k(B)\)-conjecture under some technical hypotheses. This, in particular, proves Brauer's \(k(B)\)-conjecture for abelian defect groups of rank at most 2 (which had been known before, but the proof here is new). The author also studies when equality holds in (*) and explains why he hopes that Brauer's \(k(B)\)-conjecture can be proved using matrix theory.

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