Nonsolvable groups whose irreducible character degrees have special 2-parts

Abstract

Let G be a nonsolvable group and Irr(G) the set of irreducible complex characters of G. We consider the nonsolvable groups whose character degrees have special 2-parts and prove that if χ(1)₂ = 1 or |G|₂ for every χ ∈ Irr(G), then there exists a minimal normal subgroup N of G such that N ≅ PSL(2, 2ⁿ) and G/N is an odd order group.

Key words： Character degree; nonsolvable group

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