# Character codegrees of finite groups

- Reference: `kourovka-21-108-character-codegrees-of-finite-groups`
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- Record maturity: Reviewed problem

## Problem

For a finite group G let Cod(G) denote the set of irreducible character codegrees of G (see 20.78). Define σ(G) = max{|π(m)|: m ∈ Cod(G)}, where π(m) denotes the set of prime divisors of an integer m. It is proved that there exists a constant k such that |π(G)| ⩽ k · σ(G) for every finite group G (Y. Yang, G. Qian, J. Algebra, 478 (2017), 215-219), but the estimate provided for k is very crude. Can the constant k be taken as 4? This is Kourovka Notebook Problem \(21.108\).

## Status

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## Work

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