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Freyd's Generating Hypothesis for Groups with Periodic Cohomology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Sunil K. Chebolu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761, U.S.A. e-mail: [email protected]
J. Daniel Christensen
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Ján Mináč
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
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Let $G$ be a finite group, and let $k$ be a field whose characteristic $p$ divides the order of $G$. Freyd's generating hypothesis for the stable module category of $G$ is the statement that a map between finite-dimensional $kG$-modules in the thick subcategory generated by $k$ factors through a projective if the induced map on Tate cohomology is trivial. We show that if $G$ has periodic cohomology, then the generating hypothesis holds if and only if the Sylow $p$-subgroup of $G$ is ${{C}_{2}}$ or ${{C}_{3}}$. We also give some other conditions that are equivalent to the $\text{GH}$ for groups with periodic cohomology.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2012

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