Bounds on the number of simple modules in blocks of finite groups of Lie type

Abstract

Let $G$ be a simple, simply connected linear algebraic group of exceptional type defined over ${\mathbb{F}}_q$ with Frobenius endomorphism $F:G\to G$. In this work we give upper bounds on the number of simple modules in the quasi-isolated $\ell$-blocks of $G^F$ and $G^F/Z(G^F)$ when $\ell$ is bad for $G$.

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