Harada–Chigira's conjecture on the divisibility of Harada's number

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Let GG be a finite group, let GG' denote its commutator subgroup, and let h(G)h(G) be the Harada number

h(G):=i=1sKii=1sχi(1),h(G):=\frac{\prod_{i=1}^{s}|K_i|}{\prod_{i=1}^{s}\chi_i(1)},

where K1,,KsK_1,\ldots,K_s are the conjugacy classes of GG and χ1,,χs\chi_1,\ldots,\chi_s are its irreducible complex characters. Harada–Chigira's conjecture. For every finite group GG,

h(G)GZ.\frac{h(G)}{|G'|}\in\mathbb{Z}.

This is stated as a stronger conjecture than Harada's conjecture II, imposing divisibility by the order of the commutator subgroup. The source does not report a resolution.

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Primary source

Toshiyuki Abe, “Harada's conjecture II and Gramian determinants”, arXiv:2408.16242 (2024).

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