English

Brauer relations for finite groups in the ring of semisimplified modular representations

Representation Theory 2018-04-24 v5

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group and pp be a prime. We study the kernel of the map, between the Burnside ring of GG and the Grothendieck ring of Fp[G]\mathbb{F}_p[G]-modules, taking a GG-set to its associated permutation module. We are able, for all finite groups, to classify the primitive quotient of the kernel; that is for each GG, the kernel modulo elements coming from the kernel for proper subquotients of GG. We are able to identify exactly which groups have non-trivial primitive quotient and we give generators for the primitive quotient in the soluble case.

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@article{arxiv.1610.07397,
  title  = {Brauer relations for finite groups in the ring of semisimplified modular representations},
  author = {Matthew Spencer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07397},
  year   = {2018}
}