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Bernhard Böhmler

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arXiv2026

Commutators of signed $n$-cycles

We show that for $n \geq 6$ each element of the commutator subgroup in the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_n$ resp. in the signed symmetric group $(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^n\rtimes\mathfrak{S}_n$ is the commutator of two $n$-cycles resp. the commutator of two $n$-cycles with a negative sign product; with one exception. If $n \equiv 2$ $\mathrm{mod}~4$, the element $-\mathrm{id}$ of $(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^n\rtimes\mathfrak{S}_n$ is not such a commutator. In the language of Coxeter groups, this yields a description of commutators of Coxeter elements in types $A$ and $B$.

math.GR↗
arXiv2026

Tor and Ext vanishing results for commutative Artinian rings

We give a negative answer to a question of Avramov, Buchweitz and Şega by constructing a commutative local finite-dimensional non-Gorenstein algebra $R$ with $\operatorname{Ext}_R^1(D(R),R)=0$; this question is related to the first Tachikawa conjecture. We also give a counterexample to a conjecture of Huneke, Şega and Vraciu on Tor vanishing over commutative finite-dimensional algebras. Finally, we construct a finite-dimensional commutative local self-injective algebra $R$ over $\mathbb{F}_2$ and an indecomposable non-projective $R$-module $M$ such that $\operatorname{Ext}_R^1(M,M)=\operatorname{Ext}_R^2(M,M)=0$, related to the second Tachikawa conjecture and answering a question of Dao.

math.AC↗
arXiv2026

Trivial source characters in blocks of domestic representation type

Let $G$ be a finite group of even order, let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $2$, and let $B$ be a block of the group algebra $kG$ which is of domestic representation type. Up to splendid Morita equivalence, precisely three cases can occur: $kV_4$, $k\mathfrak{A}_4$ and the principal block of $k\mathfrak{A}_5$. In each case, given the character values of the ordinary irreducible characters of $B$, we determine the ordinary characters of all trivial source $B$-modules.

math.RT↗
arXiv2026

Trivial source character tables of Frobenius groups of type $(C_p \times C_p) \rtimes H$

Let $p$ be a prime number. We compute the trivial source character tables of finite Frobenius groups $G$ with an abelian Frobenius complement $H$ and an elementary abelian Frobenius kernel of order $p^2$. More precisely, we deal with all infinite families of such groups which occur in the two extremal cases for the fusion of $p$-subgroups: the case in which there exists exactly one $G$-conjugacy class of non-trivial cyclic $p$-subgroups, and the case in which there exist exactly $p+1$ distinct $G$-conjugacy classes of non-trivial cyclic $p$-subgroups.

math.RT↗
arXiv2024

Frieze patterns over finite commutative local rings

We count numbers of tame frieze patterns with entries in a finite commutative local ring. For the ring $\mathbb{Z}/p^r\mathbb{Z}$, $p$ a prime and $r\in\mathbb{N}$ we obtain closed formulae for all heights. These may be interpreted as formulae for the numbers of certain relations in quotients of the modular group.

math.CO↗
arXiv2023

Selfextensions of modules over group algebras

Let $KG$ be a group algebra with $G$ a finite group and $K$ a field and $M$ an indecomposable $KG$-module. We pose the question, whether $Ext_{KG}^1(M,M) \neq 0$ implies that $Ext_{KG}^i(M,M) \neq 0$ for all $i \geq 1$. We give a positive answer in several important special cases such as for periodic groups and give a positive answer also for all Nakayama algebras, which allows us to improve a classical result of Gustafson. We then specialise the question to the case where the module $M$ is simple, where we obtain a positive answer also for all tame blocks of group algebras. For simple modules $M$, the appendix provides a Magma program that gives strong evidence for a positive answer to this question for groups of small order.

math.RT↗
arXiv2021

Trivial source character tables of SL(2,q)

We compute the trivial source character tables (also called species tables of the trivial source ring) of the infinite family of finite groups SL(2,q) over a large enough field of positive characteristic $\ell$ via character-theoretical methods in the cases in which $q$ is odd, $\ell \mid (q\pm1)$ when~$\ell$ is odd, and $q\equiv \pm 3\pmod{8}$ when $\ell=2$.

math.RT↗
arXiv2021

A Cluster tilting module for a representation-infinite block of a group algebra

Let $G=SL(2,5)$ be the special linear group of $2 \times 2$-matrices with coefficients in the field with $5$ elements. We show that the principal block over a splitting field $K$ of characteristic two of the group algebra $KG$ has a $3$-cluster tilting module. This gives the first example of a representation-infinite block of a group algebra having a cluster tilting module and answers a question by Erdmann and Holm.

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