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Block fusion systems of the alternating groups

Group Theory 2012-04-13 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

We describe a purely group-theoretic condition on an element g of a finite group G which implies that g has coefficient zero in every central idempotent element of the group ring RG, provided that R is a ring of prime characteristic. We use this condition to prove that the fusion system associated to a block of an alternating group is always isomorphic to the group fusion system of an alternating group.

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@article{arxiv.1204.2702,
  title  = {Block fusion systems of the alternating groups},
  author = {Martin Wedel Jacobsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.2702},
  year   = {2012}
}

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17 pages