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Minimal heights and defect groups with two character degrees

Representation Theory 2024-02-06 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

Conjecture A of \cite{EM14} predicts the equality between the smallest positive height of the irreducible characters in a pp-block of a finite group and the smallest positive height of the irreducible characters in its defect group. Hence, it can be seen as a generalization of Brauer's famous height zero conjecture. One inequality was shown to be a consequence of Dade's Projective Conjecture. We prove the other, less well understood, inequality for principal blocks when the defect group has two character degrees.

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@article{arxiv.2305.19816,
  title  = {Minimal heights and defect groups with two character degrees},
  author = {Gunter Malle and Alexander Moretó and Noelia Rizo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.19816},
  year   = {2024}
}

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to appear in Adv. Math

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