Brauer height-set conjectures for nonabelian defect groups

Let GG be a finite group, let pp be a prime, and let BB be a pp-block of GG with defect group DD. Write ht(B)\operatorname{ht}(B) for the set of heights of the irreducible characters in BB, and define bb and ee by

pb=maxcd(D),e=maxht(B).p^b=\max\operatorname{cd}(D),\qquad e=\max\operatorname{ht}(B).

Brauer height-set conjectures. The derived length dl(D)\operatorname{dl}(D) is bounded in terms of ee; bb is bounded in terms of ee; and dl(D)\operatorname{dl}(D) is bounded in terms of ht(B)|\operatorname{ht}(B)|. Moreover, the bounds in the first and third assertions should be logarithmic. The source reports proofs for general linear groups and symmetric groups, but says that the conjectures have not been widely explored in general.

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Alexander Moretó, “The Main Problem of Block Theory: Picky Elements and Subnormalizers”, arXiv:2604.24565 (2026).

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