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We introduce a list of open conjectures about block theory of finite groups. The first of these conjectures was proposed in 1954 by Brauer, and the last one of our list is a conjecture by Gluck from 2011. It also includes famous conjectures by Olsson, Alperin, McKay and others. All of these conjectures will be considered in the following chapters.

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Sambale, B. (2014). Open Conjectures. In: Blocks of Finite Groups and Their Invariants. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 2127. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12006-5_2

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