Complex group algebras of the double covers of the symmetric and alternating groups

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  • Christine Bessenrodt
  • Hung Ngoc Nguyen
  • Jørn B. Olsson
  • Hung P. Tong-Viet

Externe Organisationen

  • University of Akron
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Pretoria
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)601-628
Seitenumfang28
FachzeitschriftAlgebra and Number Theory
Jahrgang9
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 17 Apr. 2015

Abstract

We prove that the double covers of the alternating and symmetric groups are determined by their complex group algebras. To be more precise, let n ≥ 5 be an integer, G a finite group, and let Ân and Ŝ±ndenote the double covers of An and Ŝn, respectively. We prove that (formula presented) if and only if (formula presented), and (formula presented) if and only if (formula presented). This in particular completes the proof of a conjecture proposed by the second and fourth authors that every finite quasisimple group is determined uniquely up to isomorphism by the structure of its complex group algebra. The known results on prime power degrees and relatively small degrees of irreducible (linear and projective) representations of the symmetric and alternating groups together with the classification of finite simple groups play an essential role in the proofs.

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Complex group algebras of the double covers of the symmetric and alternating groups. / Bessenrodt, Christine; Nguyen, Hung Ngoc; Olsson, Jørn B. et al.
in: Algebra and Number Theory, Jahrgang 9, Nr. 3, 17.04.2015, S. 601-628.

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Bessenrodt C, Nguyen HN, Olsson JB, Tong-Viet HP. Complex group algebras of the double covers of the symmetric and alternating groups. Algebra and Number Theory. 2015 Apr 17;9(3):601-628. doi: 10.2140/ant.2015.9.601
Bessenrodt, Christine ; Nguyen, Hung Ngoc ; Olsson, Jørn B. et al. / Complex group algebras of the double covers of the symmetric and alternating groups. in: Algebra and Number Theory. 2015 ; Jahrgang 9, Nr. 3. S. 601-628.
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