ISSN:
1420-8938
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract. In this article we exhibit a relation between the number k(B) of ordinary irreducible characters in a p-block B of a finite group G and the Cartan invariants c ij of B. Next, we give a lower bound of the Perron-Frobenius eigenvalue $\rho (C_B)$ of the Cartan matrix C B of B in terms of B, that is $k(B) \le \rho (C_B)l(B)$ , where l(B) is the number of irreducible Brauer characters in B. For p-solvable groups, we conjecture $k(B) \le \rho (C_B)$ that is closely related to the Brauer's k(B) conjecture.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s000130050416