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Zeros of primitive characters of finite groups. (English) Zbl 07177053
In this paper, the author classifies finite non-solvable groups with a faithful primitive irreducible character vanishing on a unique conjugacy class, using the Classification of the Finite Simple Groups.

##### MSC:
 20C15 Ordinary representations and characters
##### Keywords:
primitive characters; non-solvable groups; zeros
Magma; CHEVIE
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