Barker–Gelvin uniform source algebra conjecture for blocks

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Let GG be a finite group, let pp divide G|G|, and let bˉ\bar{b} be a block idempotent of kGkG with non-trivial defect group. A source algebra of kGbˉkG\bar{b} is the interior DD-algebra associated with a source idempotent for bˉ\bar{b}, where DD is a defect group of bˉ\bar{b}. A source algebra is uniform if it admits a D×DD\times D-stable unital basis. Barker–Gelvin's conjecture. Every source algebra of kGbˉkG\bar{b} is uniform. This conjecture asks whether source algebras of blocks over an algebraically closed field of prime characteristic always possess a basis compatible with the left and right defect-group actions and consisting of units. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

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Tiberiu Coconet and Constantin-Cosmin Todea, “Reduction theorems for a conjecture on basis in source algebras of blocks of finite groups”, arXiv:2601.21834 (2026).

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