Representations of extensions of simple groups

Scott Harper; Martin W. Liebeck

doi:10.1007/s00013-025-02105-1

Representations of extensions of simple groups

Scott Harper^*, Martin W. Liebeck

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Abstract

Feit and Tits (1978) proved that a nontrivial projective representation of minimal dimension of a finite extension of a finite nonabelian simple group G factors through a projective representation of G, except for some groups of Lie type in characteristic 2; the exact exceptions for G were determined by Kleidman and Liebeck (1989). We generalise this result in two ways. First we consider all low-dimensional projective representations, not just those of minimal dimension. Second we consider all characteristically simple groups, not just simple groups.

Original language	English
Number of pages	11
Journal	Archiv der Mathematik
Volume	Online first
Early online date	8 Mar 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-025-02105-1
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 8 Mar 2025

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Projective representation
Extensions
Simple group

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Group Generations From Finite to Infinit: Group Generation: From Finite to Infinite
Harper, S. (PI)
EPSRC
1/04/23 → 30/09/25
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