## Algebra & Number Theory

### Groups with exactly one irreducible character of degree divisible by $p$

#### Abstract

Let $p$ be a prime. We characterize those finite groups which have precisely one irreducible character of degree divisible by $p$.

#### Article information

Source
Algebra Number Theory, Volume 8, Number 2 (2014), 397-428.

Dates
Received: 20 February 2013
Revised: 6 May 2013
Accepted: 11 July 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ant/1513730155

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/ant.2014.8.397

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3212861

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1302.20010

Subjects
Primary: 20C15: Ordinary representations and characters

#### Citation

Goldstein, Daniel; Guralnick, Robert; Lewis, Mark; Moretó, Alexander; Navarro, Gabriel; Pham, Huu Tiep. Groups with exactly one irreducible character of degree divisible by $p$. Algebra Number Theory 8 (2014), no. 2, 397--428. doi:10.2140/ant.2014.8.397. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ant/1513730155

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