Relative B-groups

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Relative \(B\)-groups



Abstract: This paper extends the notion of B-group to a relative context. For a finite group K and a field mathbbF of characteristic 0, the lattice of ideals of the Green biset functor mathbbFBK obtained by shifting the Burnside functor mathbbFB by K is described in terms of {em BK-groups}. It is shown that any finite group (L,varphi) over K admits a {em largest quotient BK-group} . The simple subquotients of mathbbFBK are parametrized by BK-groups, and their evaluations can be precisely determined. Finally, when p is a prime, the restriction mathbbFBK(p) of mathbbFBK to finite p-groups is considered, and the structure of the lattice of ideals of the Green functor mathbbFBK(p) is described in full detail. In particular, it is shown that this lattice is always finite.


Let \(G\) be a finite group and \(\mathbb{F}B\) be the Burnside functor, where \(\mathbb{F}\) is a field of characteristic zero, this is a Green biset functor. Given a fixed finite group \(K\), the shifted biset functor \(B_{K}\) is given by \(B_{K}(G)=B(G\times K)\), this is again a biset functor and has a natural algebra structure from the one of \(B\), these give an algebra structure on \(\mathbb{F}B_{K}\) which is known to be semisimple with primitive idempotents denoted by \(e_{L}^{G\times L}\) where \(L\) runs on conjugacy classes of subgroups of \(G\times K\). The author fully describes the lattice of ideals of \(\mathbb{F}B_{K}\) and of its restriction to \(p\)-groups \(\mathbb{F}B_{K}^{(p)}\). The setup is as follows, let \(\mathbf{grp}_{\Downarrow K}\) be the category with objects pairs \((L,\varphi )\) where \(L\) is a finite group and \(\varphi :L\to K\) is a group homomorphism, morphisms are defined via commutative diagrams up to inner automorphisms of \(K\). An ideal in \(\mathbb{F}B_{K}\) is determined by certain idempotents, \(e_{L,\varphi}\), where \((L,\varphi) \) runs on certain isomorphisms classes, \(\mathcal{S}_{K}\). Moreover, a group over \(K\), \((L,\varphi)\), determines certain groups called \(B_{K}\)-groups that capture basic ideals of \(\mathbb{F}B_{K}\). Next, the author describes the idempotents that correspond to a \(B_{K}\)- group \((L,\varphi)\). The main result is a full description of the lattice of ideals of \(\mathbb{F}B_{K}\) in terms of the lattice of certain \(B_{K}\)- subgroups \((L,\varphi)\) of \(\mathbf{grp}_{\Downarrow K}\). The methods also give a similar description for the restriction of \(\mathbb{F}B_{K}\) to \(p\)-groups \(\mathbb{F}B_{K}^{(p)}\).











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