Navarro's principal-block characterization of the continuity gap

Let GG be a finite group, let pp be a prime, and let PSylp(G)P\in\operatorname{Syl}_p(G). Define

K=NG(P)/Op(NG(P))Φ(P),K=\operatorname{N}_G(P)/\operatorname{O}_{p'}(\operatorname{N}_G(P))\Phi(P),

and let QSylp(K)Q\in\operatorname{Syl}_p(K). Call a character almost pp-rational when it has degree coprime to pp and pp-rationality level at most 11. Navarro's principal-block characterization. The following are equivalent: (i) every almost pp-rational character in Irrp(B0(G))\operatorname{Irr}_{p'}(B_0(G)) is pp-rational; (ii) for every 1yQ1\neq y\in Q,

NK(y)/CK(y)Aut(y),\operatorname{N}_K(\langle y\rangle)/\operatorname{C}_K(y)\cong\operatorname{Aut}(\langle y\rangle),

and NK(y)/Q\operatorname{N}_K(\langle y\rangle)/Q acts trivially on the set of conjugacy classes of CK(y)/Q\operatorname{C}_K(y)/Q. This is the principal-block analogue of the continuity-gap characterization. The paper states it as a conjecture and leaves the general assertion open.

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Primary source

Gunter Malle, J. Miquel Martínez and Carolina Vallejo, “The continuity of p-rationality of characters and the principal block”, arXiv:2412.16128 (2024).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1511.06534.

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