Conjecture on character degrees and block heights

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. Character-degree/block-height conjecture. Then

cd(D)ht(B)+1.|\operatorname{cd}(D)|\le|\operatorname{ht}(B)|+1.

The source calls this the block version of the Isaacs–Navarro–Tiep conjecture and gives only special-case evidence, so it remains open.

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Primary source

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

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