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Some computations in the modular representation ring of a finite group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

John Santa Pietro
John Santa Pietro
Affiliation:
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J. 07030, U.S.A.
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Let p be an odd prime and G = HB be a semi-direct product where H is a cyclic, p-Sylow subgroup and B is finite Abelian. If K is a field of characteristic p the isomorphism classes of KG-modules relative to direct sum and tensor product generate a ring a(G) called the representation ring of G over K. If K is algebraically closed it is shown in (4) that there is a ring isomorphism a(G) ≃ a(HB2)⊗a(B1) where B1 is the kernel of the action of B on H and B2 = B/B1.> 2, Aut (H) is cyclic thus HB2 is metacyclic. The study of the multiplicative structure of a(G) is thus reduced to that of the known rings a(B1) and a(HB2) (see (3)).

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , January 1971 , pp. 163 - 166
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1971

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