Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan ; Department of Mathematics, Aichi University of Education, Hirosawa, Igaya-cho, Kariya, 448-8542, Japan
Abstract:
Let and be finite groups that have a common central -subgroup for a prime number , and let and respectively be -blocks of and induced by -blocks and respectively of and , both of which have the same defect group. We prove that if and are Morita equivalent via a certain special -bimodule, then such a Morita equivalence lifts to a Morita equivalence between and .