Rational conjugacy classes and rational characters for some finite simple groups

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Main Authors: Kaur, Dilpreet, Panja, Saikat
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author Kaur, Dilpreet
Panja, Saikat
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Panja, Saikat
contents If $G$ is a finite group, an irreducible complex-valued character $χ$ is called rational if $χ(g)$ is rational for all $g\in G$. Also, a conjugacy class $x^G$ is called rational, if for all irreducible complex-valued character $χ$, the value $χ(x^G)$ is rational. We prove that for $q$, a power of prime, the group $\mathrm{PSL}_2(q)$ has same number of rational characters and rational conjugacy classes. Furthermore, we verify that this equality holds for all finite simple groups whose character tables appear in the $\textit{ATLAS of Finite Groups}$, except for the Tits group.
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spellingShingle Rational conjugacy classes and rational characters for some finite simple groups
Kaur, Dilpreet
Panja, Saikat
Group Theory
Representation Theory
20C15, 20D06, 20E45
If $G$ is a finite group, an irreducible complex-valued character $χ$ is called rational if $χ(g)$ is rational for all $g\in G$. Also, a conjugacy class $x^G$ is called rational, if for all irreducible complex-valued character $χ$, the value $χ(x^G)$ is rational. We prove that for $q$, a power of prime, the group $\mathrm{PSL}_2(q)$ has same number of rational characters and rational conjugacy classes. Furthermore, we verify that this equality holds for all finite simple groups whose character tables appear in the $\textit{ATLAS of Finite Groups}$, except for the Tits group.
title Rational conjugacy classes and rational characters for some finite simple groups
topic Group Theory
Representation Theory
20C15, 20D06, 20E45
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20452