“…When p = 1, the Poincaré polynomials R * χ (t) for G(r, p, n) do not always have all integer roots. This is perhaps not too surprising since in the case r = 2, for example, Molchanov [28] expresses the Poincaré polynomials of the groups of type D n as averages of those of the groups of type B n . We suspect consideration of the Clifford theory relating characters of G(r, p, n) to those of G(r, 1, n) might allow for generally expressing the Poincaré polynomials of G(r, p, n) as averages of those of G(r, 1, n).…”