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

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Abstract: We prove Brauer's k(B)-Conjecture for the 3-blocks with abelian defect groups of rank at most 5 and for all 3-blocks of defect at most 4. For this purpose we develop a computer algorithm to construct isotypies based on a method of Usami and Puig. This leads further to some previously unknown perfect isometries for the 5-blocks of defect 2. We also investigate basic sets which are compatible under the action of the inertial group.


Let \(p\) be a prime, and let \(B\) be a \(p\)-block of a finite group \(G\) with defect group \(D\). Brauer conjectured that \(k(B)\), the number of irreducible characters in \(B\), satisfies the inequality \(k(B) \le |D|\). In the paper under review, the authors verify this conjecture in the situation where \(Z(D)\) contains an element \(z\) such that \(D/\langle z \rangle\) is metacyclic. They also verify Brauer's conjecture for all \(3\)-blocks with an abelian defect group of rank at most \(5\), and for all \(3\)-blocks of defect at most \(4\). Some results on \(p\)-blocks of defect \(2\) are also obtained. The proofs in the paper depend implicitly on the classification of the finite simple groups.



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