Automorphism refinement conjecture for supercharacter theories of Cp×CpC_p\times C_p

Let G=Cp×CpG=C_p\times C_p, and let S\mathsf{S} be a supercharacter theory of GG. Suppose that GG has at least three nontrivial, proper S\mathsf{S}-normal subgroups. Let HH be a nontrivial S\mathsf{S}-normal subgroup and write SH=[H]m\mathsf{S}_H=[H]_m, where [H]m[H]_m is the partition into orbits of the mmth-power automorphism. Let T\mathsf{T} be the supercharacter theory of GG coming from the automorphism sending an element to its mmth power.

Automorphism refinement conjecture. Then

TS.\mathsf{T}\preccurlyeq\mathsf{S}.

This predicts that every such supercharacter theory contains the automorphism-generated theory determined by its restriction to a normal subgroup. It would substantially reduce the possible structures of supercharacter theories in this setting; it is presented as open despite verification in small and computationally accessible cases.

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Shawn T. Burkett and Mark L. Lewis, “Toward a Classification of the Supercharacter Theories of C_pC_p”, arXiv:2007.12503 (2020).

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