Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Let $G$ be a finite group, and let
$k$ be a field whose characteristic
$p$ divides the order of
$G$. Freyd's generating hypothesis for the stable module category of
$G$ is the statement that a map between finite-dimensional
$kG$-modules in the thick subcategory generated by
$k$ factors through a projective if the induced map on Tate cohomology is trivial. We show that if
$G$ has periodic cohomology, then the generating hypothesis holds if and only if the Sylow
$p$-subgroup of
$G$ is
${{C}_{2}}$ or
${{C}_{3}}$. We also give some other conditions that are equivalent to the
$\text{GH}$ for groups with periodic cohomology.