Irreducible characters of finite simple groups constant at the p-singular elements

DOI10.4171/RSMUP/136-4MaRDI QIDQ509913zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Marco Antonio Pellegrini, A. Zalesski

Publication date 15 February 2017

Published in Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Università di Padova (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.0621

zbMATH Keywords

alternating groupsChevalley groupsirreducible charactersprincipal block

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30) Representations of finite groups of Lie type (20C33) Representations of sporadic groups (20C34) Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings (20E42)

Abstract: In representation theory of finite groups an important role is played by irreducible characters of p-defect 0, for a prime p dividing the group order. These are exactly those vanishing at the p-singular elements. In this paper we generalize this notion investigating the irreducible characters that are constant at the p-singular elements. We determine all such characters of non-zero defect for alternating, symmetric and sporadic simple groups. We also classify the irreducible characters of quasi-simple groups of Lie type that are constant on the non-identity unipotent elements. In particular, we show that for groups of BN-pair rank greater than 2 the Steinberg and the trivial characters are the only characters in question. Additionally, we determine all irreducible characters whose degrees differ by 1 from the degree of the Steinberg character.

Review text

In this paper, irreducible characters of \(p\)-defect \(0\) are studied, where \(p\) is a prime dividing the order of a finite group. These are exactly the characters vanishing at the \(p\)-singular elements. In this paper, the authors generalize this notion investigating the irreducible characters that are constant at the \(p\)-singular elements and determine all such characters of non-zero defect for alternating, symmetric and sporadic simple groups. They also classified the irreducible characters of quasi-simple groups of Lie type that are constant at the non-identity unipotent elements. In particular, it is show that, for groups of BN-pair rank greater than \(2\), the Steinberg and the trivial characters are the only characters in question. Additionally, all irreducible characters whose degrees differ by \(1\) from the degree of the Steinberg character are determined.

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