Ring Theory Interpretation
Given a field K and a finite group G, the group algebra K (which is the K-vector space with K-basis consisting of the elements of G, endowed with algebra multiplication by extending the multiplication of G by linearity) is an Artinian ring.
When the order of G is divisible by the characteristic of K, the group algebra is not semisimple, hence has non-zero Jacobson radical. In that case, there are finite-dimensional modules for the group algebra that are not projective modules. By contrast, in the characteristic 0 case every irreducible representation is a direct summand of the regular representation, hence is projective.
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