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Even degree characters in principal blocks

Representation Theory 2017-10-05 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We characterise finite groups such that for an odd prime pp all the irreducible characters in its principal pp-block have odd degree. We show that this situation does not occur in non-abelian simple groups of order divisible by pp unless p=7p=7 and the group is M22M_{22}. As a consequence we deduce that if p7p\neq 7 or if M22M_{22} is not a composition factor of a group GG, then the condition above is equivalent to G/Op(G)G/O_{p'}(G) having odd order.

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@article{arxiv.1710.01596,
  title  = {Even degree characters in principal blocks},
  author = {Eugenio Giannelli and Gunter Malle and Carolina Vallejo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.01596},
  year   = {2017}
}
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