English

Dihedral blocks with two simple modules

Group Theory 2010-09-16 v2

Abstract

Let kk be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 2, and let GG be a finite group. Suppose BB is a block of kGkG with dihedral defect groups such that there are precisely two isomorphism classes of simple BB-modules. The description by Erdmann of the quiver and relations of the basic algebra of BB is usually only given up to a certain parameter cc which is either 0 or 1. In this article, we show that c=0c=0 if there exists a central extension G^\hat{G} of GG by a group of order 2 together with a block B^\hat{B} of kG^k\hat{G} with generalized quaternion defect groups such that BB is contained in the image of B^\hat{B} under the natural surjection from kG^k\hat{G} onto kGkG. As a special case, we obtain that c=0c=0 if G=PGL2(Fq)G=\mathrm{PGL}_2(\mathbb{F}_q) for some odd prime power qq and BB is the principal block of kPGL2(Fq)k \mathrm{PGL}_2(\mathbb{F}_q).

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0912.0987,
  title  = {Dihedral blocks with two simple modules},
  author = {Frauke M. Bleher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.0987},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

11 pages, 5 figures. The arguments work also for non-principal blocks. The paper has been changed accordingly; in particular, the word "principal" was removed from the title

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