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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 103 (1988), 463-467 Request permission

Abstract:

The present paper concerns certain divisibility properties of the (integer) values of some polynomials naturally defined from characters and modules of finite groups. A generalization of a theorem of K. Brown is obtained in this context.
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  • © Copyright 1988 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 103 (1988), 463-467
  • MSC: Primary 20C15
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1988-0943067-9
  • MathSciNet review: 943067