We rule out a certain $9$-dimensional algebra over an algebraically closed field to be the basic algebra of a block of a finite group, thereby completing the classification of basic algebras of dimension at most $12$ of blocks of finite group algebras.
We show that there is a simple separable unital (non-nuclear) tracially AF algebra $A$ which does not absorb the Jiang-Su algebra $mathcal Z$ tensorially, i.e., $A cong Aotimesmathcal Z$.
Let $A$ be a split finite-dimensional associative unital algebra over a field. The first main result of this note shows that if the Ext-quiver of $A$ is a simple directed graph, then $HH^1(A)$ is a solvable Lie algebra. The second main result shows that if the Ext-quiver of $A$ has no loops and at most two parallel arrows in any direction, and if $HH^1(A)$ is a simple Lie algebra, then char(k) is not equal to $2$ and $HH^1(A)cong$ $sl_2(k)$. The third result investigates symmetric algebras with a quiver which has a vertex with a single loop.
We prove that if $B$ is a $p$-block with non-trivial defect group $D$ of a finite $p$-solvable group $G$, then $ell(B) < p^r$, where $r$ is the sectional rank of $D$. We remark that there are infinitely many $p$-blocks $B$ with non-Abelian defect groups and $ell(B) = p^r - 1$. We conjecture that the inequality $ell(B) leq p^r$ holds for an arbitrary $p$-block with defect group of sectional rank $r$. We show this to hold for a large class of $p$-blocks of various families of quasi-simple and nearly simple groups.
Let $L$ be a Lie algebra of Block type over $C$ with basis ${L_{alpha,i},|,alpha,iinZ}$ and brackets $[L_{alpha,i},L_{beta,j}]=(beta(i+1)-alpha(j+1))L_{alpha+beta,i+j}$. In this paper, we shall construct a formal distribution Lie algebra of $L$. Then we decide its conformal algebra $B$ with $C[partial]$-basis ${L_alpha(w),|,alphainZ}$ and $lambda$-brackets $[L_alpha(w)_lambda L_beta(w)]=(alphapartial+(alpha+beta)lambda)L_{alpha+beta}(w)$. Finally, we give a classification of free intermediate series $B$-modules.
We show that if $B$ is a block of a finite group algebra $kG$ over an algebraically closed field $k$ of prime characteristic $p$ such that $HH^1(B)$ is a simple Lie algebra and such that $B$ has a unique isomorphism class of simple modules, then $B$ is nilpotent with an elementary abelian defect group $P$ of order at least $3$, and $HH^1(B)$ is in that case isomorphic to the Jacobson-Witt algebra $HH^1(kP)$. In particular, no other simple modular Lie algebras arise as $HH^1(B)$ of a block $B$ with a single isomorphism class of simple modules.