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FINITE GROUPS WITH MINIMAL 1-PIM GUNTER MALLE AND THOMAS WEIGEL Abstract. Let F be a field of characteristic 0 and let G be a finite group. It is well-known that the dimension of the minimal projective cover ΦG (the so-called 1- 1 PIM) of the trivial left F [G]-module is a multiple of the -part |G| of the order of G. In this note we study finite groups G satisfying dimF (ΦG) = |G| . In particular, we 1 classify the non-abelian finite simple groups G and primes satisfying this identity (Thm. A). As a consequence we show that finite soluble groups are precisely those finite groups which satisfy this identity for all prime numbers (Cor.B). Another consequence is the fact that the validity of this identity for a finite group G and for a small prime number ∈ {2, 3, 5} implies the existence of an -Hall subgroup for G (Thm. C). An important tool in our proofs is the super-multiplicativity of the dimension of the 1-PIM over short exact sequences (Prop. 2.2). 1. Introduction Let G be a finite group, let be a prime number and let F be a field of charac- teristic . We denote by ΦG , respectively Φ1 if the ambient group is clear from the 1 context, the projective cover of the trivial (left) F [G]-module F, that is the unique (up to isomorphism) projective indecomposable F [G]-module with socle (and head) isomorphic to the trivial F [G]-module F. This module is also called the 1-PIM of F [G]. Obviously, ΦG (F) = ΦG (F ) ⊗ F. It is well-known that the F-dimension of