On almost p-rational characters of p'-degree

DOI10.1515/FORUM-2022-0005arXiv2104.02994MaRDI QIDQ6364720FDOQ6364720

Gunter Malle, Attila Maróti, Hung Ngoc Nguyen

Publication date: 7 April 2021

Abstract: Let $p$ be a prime and $G$ a finite group. A complex character of $G$ is called almost $p$-rational if its values belong to a cyclotomic field $mathbbQ(e^{2pii/n})$ for some $ninmathbb{Z}^{+}$ prime to $p$ or precisely divisible by $p$. We prove that, in contrast to usual $p$-rational characters, there are always "many" almost $p$-rational irreducible characters in finite groups. We obtain both explicit and asymptotic bounds for the number of almost $p$-rational irreducible characters of $G$ in terms of $p$. In fact, motivated by the McKay-Navarro conjecture, we obtain the same bound for the number of such characters of $p^{\prime }$-degree and prove that, in the minimal situation, the number of almost $p$-rational irreducible $p^{\prime }$-characters of $G$ coincides with that of $N_G(P)$ for $Pinmathrm{Syl}_p(G)$. Lastly, we propose a new way to detect the cyclicity of Sylow $p$-subgroups of a finite group $G$ from its character table, using almost $p$-rational irreducible $p^{\prime }$-characters and the blockwise refinement of the McKay-Navarro conjecture.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Finite solvable groups, theory of formations, Schunck classes, Fitting classes, (pi)-length, ranks (20D10) Sylow subgroups, Sylow properties, (pi)-groups, (pi)-structure (20D20) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05)

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