Zeros of Brauer characters

The authors obtain a sufficient condition to determine whether an element is a vanishing regular element of some Brauer character. More precisely, let G be a finite group and p be a fixed prime, and H = G′ O^p′ (G); if g ∈ G⁰ - H⁰ with o(gH) coprime to the number of irreducible p-Brauer characters of G, then there always exists a nonlinear irreducible p-Brauer character which vanishes on g. The authors also showin this note that the sums of certain irreducible p-Brauer characters take the value zero on every element of G⁰ - H⁰.     

Brauer Characters of Finite Monoids

We introduce the concept of a Brauer character of a representation of a finite monoid M in characteristic p>0. When p does not divide the order of any subgroup of M, we develop a theory of p-monoid quivers. We apply our results to the full transformation semigroup.     

关于Brauer特征标扩张的一点注记

研究有限群特征标可扩张的情况是有限群表示论领域中一个有意义的问题.设G为有限群,用Irr（G）表示G的所有不可约复特征标构成的集合.设N（？）G,θ∈Irr（N）且θ是G-不变.如果（｜G/N｜,o（θ）θ（1））=1,则[1]中的推论8.16说明了此时υ到G有唯一的扩张χ,且o（χ）=o（θ）.此结论启发了我们可以从特征标的行列式阶的角度来思考特征标扩张的情形.本文将利用有限群Brauer特征标的行列式阶,着重考虑Brauer特征标的可扩张情形.另外我们也得到了一个关于Brauer特征标次数的结论.     

Normal Sylow subgroups and monomial Brauer characters

Let G be a finite group, p be a prime divisor of |G|, and P be a Sylow p-subgroup of G. We prove that P is normal in a solvable group G if |G : ker φ|p' = φ(1)p' for every nonlinear irreducible monomial p-Brauer character φ of G, where ker φ is the kernel of φ and φ(1)p' is the p'-part of φ(1).     

On Natural Monomial Characters of S n

A class of natural linear characters for the centralizers of elements in the symmetric group is introduced. The character values of the corresponding monomial characters are calculated. They have a surprising combinatorial interpretation.     

Orthogonal bases of Brauer symmetry classes of tensors for the dihedral group

In this article necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of an orthogonal basis consisting of standard (decomposable) symmetrized tensors for the class of tensors symmetrized using a Brauer character of the dihedral group.     

Relative Brauer groups of discrete valued fields

Let be a non-trivial finite Galois extension of a field . In this paper we investigate the role that valuation-theoretic properties of play in determining the non-triviality of the relative Brauer group, , of over . In particular, we show that when is finitely generated of transcendence degree 1 over a -adic field and is a prime dividing , then the following conditions are equivalent: (i) the -primary component, , is non-trivial, (ii) is infinite, and (iii) there exists a valuation of trivial on such that divides the order of the decomposition group of at .

     

A local conjecture on Brauer character degrees of finite groups

Recently, a new conjecture on the degrees of the irreducible Brauer characters of a finite group was presented by W. Willems. In this paper we propose a `local' version of this conjecture for blocks of finite groups, giving a lower bound for where the sum runs through the set of irreducible Brauer characters of in terms of invariants of . A slight reformulation leads to interesting open questions about traces of Cartan matrices of blocks.

We show that the local conjecture is true for blocks with one simple module, blocks of -solvable groups and blocks with cyclic defect groups. It also holds for many further examples of blocks of sporadic groups, symmetric groups or groups of Lie type. Finally we prove that the conjecture is true for blocks of tame representation type.

     

Brauer groups and crepant resolutions

We suggest a twisted version of the categorical McKay correspondence and prove several results related to it.     

The equivariant Brauer group of a group

We consider the Brauer group of a group (finite or infinite) over a commutative ring with identity. A split exact sequence

is obtained. This generalizes the Fröhlich-Wall exact sequence from the case of a field to the case of a commutative ring, and generalizes the Picco-Platzeck exact sequence from the finite case of to the infinite case of . Here is the Brauer-Taylor group of Azumaya algebras (not necessarily with unit). The method developed in this paper might provide a key to computing the equivariant Brauer group of an infinite quantum group.

     

A semiorthogonal decomposition for Brauer–Severi schemes

A semiorthogonal decomposition for the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on a Brauer–Severi scheme is given. It relies on bounded derived categories of suitably twisted coherent sheaves on the base (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The Relative Brauer Group of an Affine Double Plane

We study algebra classes and divisor classes on a normal affine surface of the form z ² = f(x, y). The affine coordinate ring is T = k[x, y, z]/(z ² ? f), and if R = k[x, y][f ^?1] and S = R[z]/(z ² ? f), then S is a quadratic Galois extension of R. If the Galois group is G, we show that the natural map H¹(G, Cl(T)) → H¹(G, Pic(S)) factors through the relative Brauer group B(S/R) and that all of the maps are onto. Sufficient conditions are given for H¹(G, Cl(T)) to be isomorphic to B(S/R). The groups and maps are computed for several examples.     

The Brauer group of an affine double plane associated to a hyperelliptic curve

We study the Brauer group of an affine double plane π:X→𝔸² defined by an equation of the form z² = f in two separate cases. In the first case, f is a product of n linear forms in k[x,y] and X is birational to a ruled surface ?¹×C, where C is rational if n is odd and hyperelliptic if n is even. In the second case, f = y²?p(x) is the equation of an affine hyperelliptic curve. For π as well as the unramified part of π, we compute the groups of divisor classes, the Brauer groups, the relative Brauer groups, and all of the terms in the sequences of Galois cohomology.     

A modified Brauer algebra as centralizer algebra of the unitary group

The centralizer algebra of the action of on the real tensor powers of its natural module, , is described by means of a modification in the multiplication of the signed Brauer algebras. The relationships of this algebra with the invariants for and with the decomposition of into irreducible submodules is considered.

     

Unipotent Brauer Character Values of GL(n, \mathbb{F}_q ) and the Forgotten Basis of the Hall Algebra

We give a formula for the values of irreducible unipotent p-modular Brauer characters of at unipotent elements, where p is a prime not dividing q, in terms of (unknown!) weight multiplicities of quantum GL _n and certain generic polynomials S _,(q). These polynomials arise as entries of the transition matrix between the renormalized Hall-Littlewood symmetric functions and the forgotten symmetric functions. We also provide an alternative combinatorial algorithm working in the Hall algebra for computing S _,(q).     

Specializations of Brauer classes over algebraic function fields

Let be either a number field or a field finitely generated of transcendence degree over a Hilbertian field of characteristic 0, let be the rational function field in one variable over , and let . It is known that there exist infinitely many such that the specialization induces a specialization , where has exponent equal to that of . Now let be a finite extension of and let . We give sufficient conditions on and for there to exist infinitely many such that the specialization has an extension to inducing a specialization , the residue field of , where has exponent equal to that of . We also give examples to show that, in general, such need not exist.

     

On the Factorial Closure of Certain Monomial Modules

Abstract

Let R = K[y ₁,…,y _t ] be an affine domain over a field K and I be a nonzero proper ideal of R. In Sec. 1 of this note, we characterize when (K + I, R) is a Mori pair. In Sec. 2 of this note, we prove the following theorem: Let A ? B be domains such that C/Q is Mori for each subring C of B containing A and for any prime ideal Q of C. Then dim A ? 1 ≤ dim B ≤ dim A + 1 and if dim A > 1 or dim B > 1 then dim A = dim B.