On the number of B_(π')-characters in a nilpotent π-block

摘要

Brouéand Puig set the definition of nilpotent p-blocks, stated the existence of such blocks, and then proved that there is a unique Brauer character in a nilpotent p-block. The present paper, based on the works of Slattery and Robinson, generalizes the above idea to theπ-block theory of aπ-separable group, defines the nilpotency of aπ-block, and proves that there is a unique Bπ’-character in a nilpotentπ-block.