Non-vanishing elements in finite groups

Abstract

Many results have been established about determining whether or not an element evaluates to zero on an irreducible character of a group. In this note it is shown that if a group $G$ has a normal nilpotent subgroup $N$, and $P$ is a Sylow $p$-subgroup of $G$, then no irreducible character of $G$ vanishes on $N\cap Z(P)$.