On Morita equivalences with endopermutation source and isotypies

Abstract

We introduce a new type of equivalence between blocks of finite group algebras called an almost isotypy. An almost isotypy restricts to a weak isotypy in Brou\'{e}'s original definition, and it is slightly weaker than Linckelmann's version. We show that a bimodule of two block algebras of finite groups - which has an endopermutation module as a source and which induces a Morita equivalence - gives rise, via slash functors, to an almost isotypy if the character values of a (hence any) source are rational integers. Consequently, if two blocks are Morita equivalent via a bimodule with endopermutation source, then they are almost isotypic. We also explain why the notion of almost isotypies is reasonable.