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Complex group algebras of finite groups: Brauer's Problem 1
Author(s):
Alexander
Moretó
Journal:
Electron. Res. Announc. Amer. Math. Soc.
11
(2005),
34-39.
MSC (1991):
Primary 20C15
Posted:
May 10, 2005
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Abstract:
Brauer's Problem 1 asks the following: what are the possible complex group algebras of finite groups? It seems that with the present knowledge of representation theory it is not possible to settle this question. The goal of this paper is to announce a partial solution to this problem. We conjecture that if the complex group algebra of a finite group does not have more than a fixed number  of isomorphic summands, then its dimension is bounded in terms of  . We prove that this is true for every finite group if it is true for the symmetric groups.
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Alexander
Moretó
Affiliation:
Departament d'Àlgebra, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València, SPAIN
Email:
Alexander.Moreto@uv.es
DOI:
10.1090/S1079-6762-05-00144-7
PII:
S 1079-6762(05)00144-7
Received by editor(s):
October 12, 2004
Posted:
May 10, 2005
Additional Notes:
Research supported by the Basque Government, the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, grant BFM2001-0180, and the FEDER
Communicated by:
David J. Benson
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2005,
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