Kiyota–Murai–Wada rationality conjecture for Cartan matrix eigenvalues

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Let BB be a block of a finite group GG over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p>0p>0, let C∈Zl×lC\in\mathbb{Z}^{l\times l} be its Cartan matrix, and let DD be a defect group of BB. Write EDED for the multiset of elementary divisors of CC, EVEV for the multiset of eigenvalues of CC, and let ρ(C)\rho(C) denote the spectral radius of CC. Kiyota–Murai–Wada conjecture. The following assertions are equivalent: EV=EDEV=ED; ρ(C)=∣D∣\rho(C)=|D|; ρ(C)∈Z\rho(C)\in\mathbb{Z}; and EV⊆ZEV\subseteq\mathbb{Z}. The conjecture is known for blocks of finite or tame representation type, for pp-solvable groups, and when D⊴GD\unlhd G, but the stated equivalence is false in general: the principal 55-block of PSU⁡(3,4)\operatorname{PSU}(3,4) has ρ(C)=∣D∣\rho(C)=|D| while EV≠EDEV\ne ED.

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Benjamin Sambale, “A counterexample to a conjecture of Kiyota, Murai and Wada”, arXiv:1705.01321 (2017).

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