A note on the Brauer-Speiser theorem
Author:
Burton Fein
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 25 (1970), 620-621
MSC:
Primary 20.80
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1970-0258982-8
MathSciNet review:
0258982
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Abstract: The Brauer-Speiser theorem asserts that the Schur index of a real-valued complex irreducible character of a finite group is either $1$ or $2$. In this paper we present a brief proof of this result. From this it follows that the $K$-central nontrivial division algebra components of group algebras over a real algebraic number field $K$ are quaternions.
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Keywords:
Schur index,
Brauer group,
exponent
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