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Schur indices for 2-groups

I am looking for any results on Schur indices over $\mathbb{Q}$ for 2-groups. By a theorem of Roquette (corollary 10.14 in Isaacs) these numbers are at most 2. I am interested in 2-groups for which ...
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Information about permutation character from local action

Let $G$ be a finite permutation group acting transitively, but not regularly, on a set $V$. Let $H$ be the stabilizer of some point $v\in V$, and suppose that $H$ acts 2-transitively on one of its (...
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New characters from old

(All groups in the following discussion are assumed to be finite.) Character induction is an operation that produces a character of a group given a character of a subgroup. I'm aware that there are ...
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Index of subgroup generated by characters induced from $p$-elementary subgroups in the ring of virtual characters

I posted this over on MSE, but received absolutely no love. So maybe I’ll have better luck here. It seems like a relatively easy group theory question that I’m just not seeing! It’s on the essential ...
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Properties of extendable irreducible characters to a normal Sylow subgroup

Let $G$ be a finite group with a nilpotent commutator subgroup, and denote by $mcd(G)$ the set of degrees of the irreducible monomial characters. Suppose $|mcd(g)|=2$. Furthermore, we call a monomial ...
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The largest number of irreducible characters of the same degree in a finite group

Dear all, For a finite group $G$, let $m(G)$ denote the largest number of irreducible characters of the same degree of $G$. You can say that $m(G)$ is the largest multiplicity of character degrees of ...
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How to know the character table of the twisted group algebra of the symmetric group $S_4$

Given the character table of its Schur cover group, is there a way to obtain the character table of twisted group algebra from that? I am particularly interested in the symmetric group $S_4$.
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Irreducible characters of a semi-direct product with a p-group

Suppose G is a semi-direct product of P with H where P is a (non-abelian) p-group and G is solvable. I wonder what can be said about the irreducible characters of G given information about the ...
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We know $A_5$ as a non-CI-group. Now, is $A_5$ a BI-group?

‎We call a group satisfying the following property for all $\nu \in cd(G)$ (Irreducible character degrees of $G$) a BI-group (Babai Invariant group) Let $G$ be a finite group‎, ‎let $\Gamma=Cay(G,S)...
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Do you know any clear classification of groups in which there would exist a unique non-linear character of a given degree?

According to Lev Kazarin, On Thompson’s Theorem, Journal of Algebra 220, 574–590 (1999) we know that: [Corollary 5.3]:Let $$cd(G)=\{\chi(1)|\chi\in Irr(G)\}=\{1,f_1,\dots,f_n,d\}, \;\;n\gt0,$$ ...
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