Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2017
Let $G$ be a finite solvable group and let $p$ be a prime. In this note, we prove that $p$ does not divide $\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}(1)$ for every irreducible monomial $p$-Brauer character $\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}$ of $G$ if and only if $G$ has a normal Sylow $p$-subgroup.
The first author was supported by the China Scholarship Council, Funds of Henan University of Technology (2014JCYJ14, 2016JJSB074, 26510009), Project of Department of Education of Henan Province (17A110004), Projects of Zheng-zhou Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology (20150249, 20140970) and the NSFC (11571129).