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Non-vanishing elements and complex group algebras

Group Theory 2024-10-16 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group, and let Irr(G)\mathrm{Irr}(G) denote the set of irreducible complex characters of GG. An element xx of GG is said to be vanishing, if for some χ\chi in Irr(G)\mathrm{Irr}(G), we have χ(x)=0\chi(x)=0. Also the element xx is called rational if xx is conjugate to xix^i for every integer ii co-prime to the order of xx. We define the weight of GG as ω(G):=(χIrr(G)χ(1))2/G\omega(G):=(\sum_{\chi\in \mathrm{Irr}(G)}\chi(1))^2/|G|. In this paper, we show that for every rational non-vanishing element xGx\in G, the order of CG(x)C_G(x) is at least ω(G)\omega(G).

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@article{arxiv.2410.11313,
  title  = {Non-vanishing elements and complex group algebras},
  author = {Mahdi Ebrahimi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.11313},
  year   = {2024}
}
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