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The McKay conjecture with group automorphisms and the Okuyama-Wajima argument

Representation Theory 2025-12-16 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Let NN be normal subgroup of a finite group GG, pp be a prime, PP be a Sylow pp-subgroup of GG and θ\theta be a PP-invariant irreducible character of NN. Suppose that G/NG/N is a pp-solvable group. In this note we show that, whenever a finite group AA acts on GG stabilizing PP, there exists an AA-equivariant McKay bijection between irreducible characters lying over θ\theta of degree prime to pp of GG and NG(P)\textbf{N}_G(P). This is a consequence of a recent result of D. Rossi. Our approach here is independent from Rossi's and follows the original idea of the proof of the McKay conjecture for pp-solvable groups. In particular, we rely on the so-called Okuyama-Wajima argument to deal with characters above Glauberman correspondents. For this purpose, we generalize a classical result of P. X. Gallagher on the number of irreducible characters of GG lying over θ\theta.

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@article{arxiv.2512.13406,
  title  = {The McKay conjecture with group automorphisms and the Okuyama-Wajima argument},
  author = {Adele Maltempo and Carolina Vallejo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.13406},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Accepted in the Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra