 Group norm element detects the trivial projective cover (source code)

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= Group norm element detects the trivial projective cover
{title2=$N_G=\sum_{g\in G}g$}

Let $M$ be an indecomposable finite-dimensional $kG$-module and let $P_k$ be the projective cover of the trivial module. Then
$$
\dim_k(N_GM)=
\begin{cases}1&M\cong P_k,\\0&\text{otherwise}.
\end{cases}
$$

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