The strong Frobenius number conjecture for blocks

Let pp be a prime, let (K,O,k)(K,\mathcal{O},k) be a pp-modular system, and let BB be a block of OG\mathcal{O}G for a finite group GG. The strong O\mathcal{O}-Frobenius number sfO(B)\operatorname{sf}_{\mathcal{O}}(B) is the smallest integer nn for which there is an O\mathcal{O}-algebra isomorphism BB(pn)B\to B^{(p^n)} whose induced K\overline K-algebra isomorphism sends every χIrr(B)\chi\in\operatorname{Irr}(B) to χ(pn)\chi^{(p^n)}. Strong Frobenius number conjecture. Let PP be a finite pp-group. There is s(P)Ns(P)\in\mathbb N such that, if GG is a finite group and BB is a block of OG\mathcal{O}G with defect groups isomorphic to PP, then sfO(B)s(P)\operatorname{sf}_{\mathcal{O}}(B)\leq s(P). Equivalently, there is t(P)Nt(P)\in\mathbb N such that the O\mathcal{O}-Morita Frobenius number of every such block is at most t(P)t(P). Bounds on these Frobenius numbers are used to reduce Donovan's conjecture to bounding Cartan invariants of blocks of quasisimple groups. The conjecture is not resolved in general.

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Charles W. Eaton, Florian Eisele and Michael Livesey, “Donovan's conjecture, blocks with abelian defect groups and discrete valuation rings”, arXiv:1809.08152 (2019).

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