The imprimitive faithful complex characters of the Schur covers of the symmetric and alternating groups.

DOI10.1515/JGT.2010.066zbMATH Open1235.20010arXiv0812.3746OpenAlexW2963756324MaRDI QIDQ3174591FDOQ3174591

Felix Noeske, Daniel Nett

Publication date: 17 October 2011

Published in: Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using combinatorics and character theory, we determine the imprimitive faithful complex characters, i.e., the irreducible faithful complex characters which are induced from proper subgroups, of the Schur covers of the symmetric and alternating groups. Furthermore, for every imprimitive character we establish all its minimal block stabilizers. As a corollary, we also determine the monomial faithful characters of the Schur covers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3746

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zbMATH Keywords

alternating groupssymmetric groupsirreducible charactersSchur coversimprimitive characters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30) Maximal subgroups (20E28)

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• Imprimitive irreducible modules for finite quasisimple groups. II
• Some remarks on maximal subgroups of finite classical groups
• Imprimitive irreducible modules for finite quasisimple groups

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