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Let R(G) be the character ring of a nite group G. We consider
the question whether the representation type of R(G) is nite or innite. We
show that if R(G) is representation-nite, then exp(G) is cube-free and the
Sylow subgroups of G are cyclic, elementary-abelian, or nonabelian of order
8. Moreover, we give further necessary as well as some sucient conditions on
the structure of G for the niteness of the representation type of R(G).