Group elements whose character values are roots of unity

2022/09/16 by Mark L. Lewis, Lewis, Mark L., Lucia Morotti +3
Engineering · Materials Science · Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #Finite Group Theory Research #Group Theory (math.GR) #Synthesis and properties of polymers #graph theory and CDMA systems

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2209.08089

openalex publication_date 2022/09/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We classify all finite groups G which possesses an element x∈ G such that every irreducible character of G takes a root of unity value at x.

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