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The classification of endotrivial complexes

Group Theory 2025-11-11 v3 Representation Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group and kk a field of prime characteristic pp. We give a complete classification of endotrivial complexes, i.e. determine the Picard group Ek(G)\mathcal{E}_k(G) of the tensor-triangulated category Kb(kGtriv)K^b({}_{kG}\mathbf{triv}), the bounded homotopy category of pp-permutation modules, which Balmer and Gallauer recently considered. For pp-groups, we identify Ek()\mathcal{E}_k(-) with the rational pp-biset functor CFb()CF_b(-) of Borel-Smith functions and recover a short exact sequence of rational pp-biset functors constructed by Bouc and Yal\c{c}in. As a consequence, we prove that every pp-permutation autoequivalence of a pp-group arises from a splendid Rickard autoequivalence. Additionally, we give a positive answer to a question of Gelvin and Yal\c{c}in, showing the kernel of the Bouc homomorphism for an arbitrary finite group GG is described by superclass functions f:sp(G)Zf: s_p(G) \to \mathbb{Z} satisfying the oriented Artin-Borel-Smith conditions.

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@article{arxiv.2403.04088,
  title  = {The classification of endotrivial complexes},
  author = {Sam K. Miller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04088},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

26 pages. v3: Added an observation by M. Gallauer that induction of endotrivial complexes arises from the topological norm map. Accepted version, to appear in Adv. Math

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