Metabolic modules of finite group algebras over finite fields of characteristic two

Abstract: Let

G

be a finite group and let

F

be a finite field of characteristic

2

. We introduce emph{

F

-special subgroups} and emph{

F

-special elements} of

G

. In the case where

F

contains a

p

th primitive root of unity for each odd prime

p

dividing the order of

G

(e.g. it is the case once

F

is a splitting field for all subgroups of

G

), the

F

-special elements of

G

coincide with real elements of odd order. We prove that a symmetric

F G

-module

V

is hyperbolic if and only if the restriction

V_{D}

of

V

to every

F

-special subgroup

D

of

G

is hyperbolic, and also, if and only if the characteristic polynomial on

V

defined by every

F

-special element of

G

is a square of a polynomial over

F

. Some immediate applications to characters, self-dual codes and Witt groups are given.

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