Seminario Teoría de Grupos UAM-ICMAT 
 
Fecha: Jueves 11 de Abril, 2019 
Hora: 11:30 
Lugar: Aula 520 UAM 
Speaker: Joan Tent (Universidad de Valencia) 
 
Title: Finite groups with character values in $mathbb Q_p$ 
 
Abstract: A classical problem in character theory of finite groups consists in showing how rationality properties 
of characters and conjugacy classes of finite groups are reflected in  the structure of a group. 
A well-known theorem by R. Gow in this setting establishes that if $G$ is a finite rational solvable group and $ell$ is a prime divisor of the order of $G$, 
then $ellin{2, 3, 5}$, thus determining the possible composition factors of $G$. 
Our aim in this talk is to present an odd analogue of Gow's theorem: if all characters of a solvable group $G$ take values 
in the field  $mathbb Q_p=mathbb Q(xi)$, where $xiinmathbb C^times$ has prime order $o(xi)=p>2$, then 
the prime divisors of the order of $G$ lie in the set ${2,3,5, p, 2p+1}$. 
We shall also discuss possible generalizations to non-solvable finite groups.