p-core of a finite group ($O_p(G)$)

The p-core is the largest normal p-subgroup of a finite group. The product of two normal p-subgroups is again a normal p-subgroup, so this subgroup exists and is characteristic.

Put $\overline{G}=G/O_{p^{\prime }}(G)$ using the p-prime core of a finite group. A finite group is p-constrained if $C_{\overline{G}}(O_p(\overline{G}))\le O_p(\overline{G})$. If $O_{p^{\prime }}(G)=1$, the p-core of a finite group has its centralizer contained in itself. Then block idempotents centralize a normal p-subgroup places every block idempotent in $k{O}_p(G)$, a local ring, so $kG$ has only the principal block.