The reciprocal character of the conjugation action

Abstract: For a finite group

G

we investigate the smallest positive integer

e (G)

such that the map sending

g i n G

to

e (G) | G : C_{G} (g) |

is a generalized character of

G

. It turns out that

e (G)

is strongly influenced by local data, but behaves irregularly for non-abelian simple groups. We interpret

e (G)

as an elementary divisor of a certain non-negative integral matrix related to the character table of

G

. Our methods applied to Brauer characters also answers a recent question of Navarro: The

p

-Brauer character table of

G

determines

| G |_{p^{'}}

.

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