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The generating hypothesis for the stable module category of a $p$-group

Representation Theory 2009-12-03 v3 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Freyd's generating hypothesis, interpreted in the stable module category of a finite p-group G, is the statement that a map between finite-dimensional kG-modules factors through a projective if the induced map on Tate cohomology is trivial. We show that Freyd's generating hypothesis holds for a non-trivial finite p-group G if and only if G is either C_2 or C_3. We also give various conditions which are equivalent to the generating hypothesis.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611403,
  title  = {The generating hypothesis for the stable module category of a $p$-group},
  author = {David J. Benson and Sunil K. Chebolu and J. Daniel Christensen and Jan Minac},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611403},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages, fixed minor typos, to appear in J. Algebra

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