Partial GVZ-groups

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2021.04.008arXiv2101.11541MaRDI QIDQ6359201FDOQ6359201

Authors: Shawn T. Burkett, Mark L. Lewis 

Publication date: 27 January 2021

Abstract: Following the literature, a group $G$ is called a group of central type if $G$ has an irreducible character that vanishes on $GsetminusZ(G)$. Motivated by this definition, we say that a character $chiinmIrr(G)$ has central type if $chi$ vanishes on $GsetminusZ(chi)$, where $Z(chi)$ is the center of $chi$. Groups where every irreducible character has central type have been studied previously under the name GVZ-groups (and several other names) in the literature. In this paper, we study the groups $G$ that possess a nontrivial, normal subgroup $N$ such that every character of $G$ either contains $N$ in its kernel or has central type. The structure of these groups is surprisingly limited and has many aspects in common with both central type groups and GVZ-groups.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15)

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