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On characters in the principal 2-block, II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Marcel Herzog
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Institute of Advanced StudiesThe Australian National University Canberra, Australia2600 and Department of MathematicsTel-Aviv UniversityTel-Aviv, Israel
Cheryl E. Praeger
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Wrstern AustraliaNedlands, Australia6009
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Abstract

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Let k be a non-zero complex number and let u and v be elements of a finite group G. Suppose that at most one of u and v belongs to O(G), the maximal normal subgroup of G of odd order. It is shown that G satisfies X(v)–X(u) = k for every complex nonprincipal irreducible character X in the principal 2-block of G, if and only if G/O(G) is isomorphic to one of the following groups: C2, PSL(2, 2n) or pΣL(2, 52a+1), where n≥2 and a ≥ 1.

Subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc. (MOS) 1970): 20 C 20

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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