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In this paper we complete the proof of Brauer’s height zero conjecture for two primes proposed by G. Malle and G. Navarro.
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We are deeply grateful to Gunter Malle and Gabriel Navarro for helpful communications during writing this paper.
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Y. Liu and W. Willems were supported by NSFC (12171211) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (20192ACB21008), and L. Wang and J. Zhang by NSFC (11631001 & 11871083). Also, Y. Liu gratefully acknowledges the support by an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers.
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Liu, Y., Wang, L., Willems, W. et al. Brauer’s height zero conjecture for two primes holds true. Math. Ann. 388, 1677–1690 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-022-02543-0
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