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In this chapter we construct the Brauer character of a modular representation of G, which is a class function on the p-regular elements in G, and we develop its properties. In particular, we describe the decomposition homomorphism in terms of characters.
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Schneider, P. (2013). The Brauer Character. In: Modular Representation Theory of Finite Groups. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4832-6_3
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