Character theory of finite groups : conference in honor of I. Martin Isaacs, June 3-5, 2009, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Finite groups Permutation groups Representations of groups
American Mathematical Society
2010
EISBN 0821882031
Contents.
Preface.
Speakers.
On character tables and abstract structure of finite groups.
Large transitive groups with many elements having fixed points.
Vertex subgroups and vertex pairs in solvable groups.
Threads through group theory.
Tate's theorem, and other oddities, via transfer.
A p-group with no normal large abelian subgroup.
General measuring arguments for finite permutation groups.
Commutators and wreath products.
Gaps in character degrees for groups with many conjugacy classes.
The number of subgroups of metacyclic groups.
Problems in character theory.
Eigenvalues of Cartan matrices of blocks in finite groups.
Character theory and group rings.
Lifting theorems and applications to group algebras.
Character degrees of normally monomial maximal class 5-groups.
Dual pairs of finite classical groups in cross characteristic.
Preface.
Speakers.
On character tables and abstract structure of finite groups.
Large transitive groups with many elements having fixed points.
Vertex subgroups and vertex pairs in solvable groups.
Threads through group theory.
Tate's theorem, and other oddities, via transfer.
A p-group with no normal large abelian subgroup.
General measuring arguments for finite permutation groups.
Commutators and wreath products.
Gaps in character degrees for groups with many conjugacy classes.
The number of subgroups of metacyclic groups.
Problems in character theory.
Eigenvalues of Cartan matrices of blocks in finite groups.
Character theory and group rings.
Lifting theorems and applications to group algebras.
Character degrees of normally monomial maximal class 5-groups.
Dual pairs of finite classical groups in cross characteristic.
