Vertices for characters of $p$-solvable groups

Abstract

Suppose that G is a finite p-solvable group. We associate to every irreducible complex character X ∈ Irr(G) of G a canonical pair (Q, δ), where Q is a p-subgroup of G and δ ∈ Irr(Q), uniquely determined by X up to G-conjugacy. This pair behaves as a Green vertex and partitions Irr(G) into families of characters. Using the pair (Q, δ), we give a canonical choice of a certain p-radical subgroup R of G and a character η ∈ Irr(R) associated to X which was predicted by some conjecture of G. R. Robinson.