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On the decomposition numbers of $$G_ 2(q)$$. (English) Zbl 0667.20009
Let $$G=G_ 2(q)$$ where q is a power of p. The r-blocks of G and the Brauer trees for r-blocks with cyclic defect groups where r is a prime not equal to 2, 3 or p were computed by J. Shamash [J. Algebra 123, 378-396 (1989); Commun. Algebra (to appear)]. In this paper the author investigates the decomposition matrices for r-blocks with non-cyclic defect groups, i.e. r-blocks of maximal defect where r divides q-1 or $$q+1$$. The decomposition numbers are determined completely when r divides q-1 (Theorem A). When r divides $$q+1$$ they are determined up to some ambiguities (Theorem B). The method involves constructing projective characters of G by inducing from $$r'$$-subgroups or by tensoring defect 0 characters with ordinary characters, and then computing scalar products of the projective characters with characters in the given block. An interesting result is that the component of the Gelfand-Graev representation (which is projective for the prime r) which lies in a given r-block is always indecomposable. (Remark. The r-blocks of G for $$r=3$$ are studied by the author and J. Shamash [in 3-blocks and 3- modular characters of $$G_ 2(q)$$, Preprint, RWTC Aachen].)
Reviewer: B.Srinivasan

##### MSC:
 20C20 Modular representations and characters 20G05 Representation theory for linear algebraic groups
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