Fixed conjugacy classes of normal subgroups and the k(GV)-problem.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2005.11.025zbMATH Open1129.20004arXivmath/0504574OpenAlexW1968589601MaRDI QIDQ854912FDOQ854912

Authors: Thomas Michael Keller 

Publication date: 7 December 2006

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We establish several new bounds for the number of conjugacy classes of a finite group, all of which involve the maximal number c of conjugacy classes of a normal subgroup fixed by some element of a suitable subset of the group. To apply these formulas effectively, the parameter c, which in general is hard to control, is studied in some important situations. These results are then used to provide a new, shorter proof of the most difficult case of the well-known k(GV)-problem, which occurs for p=5 and V induced from the natural module of a 5-complement of GL(2,5). We also show how, for large p, the new results reduce the k(GV)-problem to the primitive case, thereby improving previous work on this. Furthermore, we discuss how they can be used in tackling the imprimitive case of the as of yet unsolved noncoprime k(GV)-problem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0504574

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zbMATH Keywords

defect groupsirreducible complex charactersnumbers of conjugacy classeslinear groupsnumbers of characters\(k(GV)\)-problemBrauer's \(k(B)\)-problemreal vectors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Modular representations and characters (20C20) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45)

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