Search results for "Conjugacy class"

The average element order and the number of conjugacy classes of finite groups

2021

Abstract Let o ( G ) be the average order of the elements of G, where G is a finite group. We show that there is no polynomial lower bound for o ( G ) in terms of o ( N ) , where N ⊴ G , even when G is a prime-power order group and N is abelian. This gives a negative answer to a question of A. Jaikin-Zapirain.

Landau's theorem and the number of conjugacy classes of zeros of characters

2021

Abstract Motivated by a 2004 conjecture by the author and J. Sangroniz, Y. Yang has recently proved that if G is solvable then the index in G of the 8th term of the ascending Fitting series is bounded in terms of the largest number of zeros in a row in the character table of G. In this note, we prove this result for arbitrary finite groups and propose a stronger form of the 2004 conjecture. We conclude the paper showing some possible ways to prove this strengthened conjecture.

Fixed point spaces, primitive character degrees and conjugacy class sizes

2006

Let G be a finite group that acts on a nonzero finite dimensional vector space V over an arbitrary field. Assume that V is completely reducible as a G-module, and that G fixes no nonzero vector of V. We show that some element g ∈ G has a small fixed-point space in V. Specifically, we prove that we can choose g so that dim C V (g) < (1/p)dim V, where p is the smallest prime divisor of |G|.

The Jordan-Hölder theorem and prefrattini subgroups of finite groups

1995

by A. BALLESTER-BOLINCHES and L. M. EZQUERRO(Received 26 January, 1994)Introduction. All groups considered are finite. In recent years a number ofgeneralizations of the classic Jordan-Holder Theorem have been obtained (see [7],Theorem A.9.13): in a finite group G a one-to-one correspondence as in the Jordan-Holder Theorem can be defined preserving not only G-isomorphic chief factors but eventheir property of being Frattini or non-Frattini chief factors. In [2] and [13] a newdirection of generalization is presented: the above correspondence can be defined in sucha way that the corresponding non-Frattini chief factors have the same complement(supplement).In this paper we present a necessary a…

Balanced Words Having Simple Burrows-Wheeler Transform

2009

The investigation of the "clustering effect" of the Burrows-Wheeler transform (BWT) leads to study the words having simple BWT , i.e. words w over an ordered alphabet $A=\{a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_k\}$, with $a_1 < a_2 < \ldots <a_k$, such that $bwt(w)$ is of the form $a_k^{n_k} a_{k-1}^{n_{k-1}} \cdots a_1^{n_1}$, for some non-negative integers $n_1, n_2, \ldots, n_k$. We remark that, in the case of binary alphabets, there is an equivalence between words having simple BWT, the family of (circular) balanced words and the conjugates of standard words. In the case of alphabets of size greater than two, there is no more equivalence between these notions. As a main result of this paper we prove that, u…

Conjugacy class numbers and π-subgroups

2021

A conjecture on the number of conjugacy classes in ap-solvable group

1996

IfG is ap-solvable group, it is conjectured that k(G/O P (G) ≤ |G| p ′. The conjecture is easily obtained for solvable groups as a consequence of R. Knorr’s work on the k(GV) problem. Also, a related result is obtained: k(G/F(G)) is bounded by the index of a nilpotent injector ofG.

The minimal number of characters over a normal p-subgroup

2007

Abstract If N is a normal p-subgroup of a finite group G and θ ∈ Irr ( N ) is a G-invariant irreducible character of N, then the number | Irr ( G | θ ) | of irreducible characters of G over θ is always greater than or equal to the number k p ′ ( G / N ) of conjugacy classes of G / N consisting of p ′ -elements. In this paper, we investigate when there is equality.

Residual 𝑝 properties of mapping class groups and surface groups

2008

Let M ( Σ , P ) \mathcal {M}(\Sigma , \mathcal {P}) be the mapping class group of a punctured oriented surface ( Σ , P ) (\Sigma ,\mathcal {P}) (where P \mathcal {P} may be empty), and let T p ( Σ , P ) \mathcal {T}_p(\Sigma ,\mathcal {P}) be the kernel of the action of M ( Σ , P ) \mathcal {M} (\Sigma , \mathcal {P}) on H 1 ( Σ ∖ P , F p ) H_1(\Sigma \setminus \mathcal {P}, \mathbb {F}_p) . We prove that T p ( Σ , P ) \mathcal {T}_p( \Sigma ,\mathcal {P}) is residually p p . In particular, this shows that M ( Σ , P ) \mathcal {M} (\Sigma ,\mathcal {P}) is virtually residually p p . For a group G G we denote by I p ( G ) \mathcal {I}_p(G) the kernel of the natural action of Out ⁡ ( G ) \ope…

Nilpotent length and system permutability

2022

Abstract If C is a class of groups, a C -injector of a finite group G is a subgroup V of G with the property that V ∩ K is a C -maximal subgroup of K for all subnormal subgroups K of G. The classical result of B. Fischer, W. Gaschutz and B. Hartley states the existence and conjugacy of F -injectors in finite soluble groups for Fitting classes F . We shall show that for groups of nilpotent length at most 4, F -injectors permute with the members of a Sylow basis in the group. We shall exhibit the construction of a Fitting class and a group of nilpotent length 5, which fail to satisfy the result and show that the bound is the best possible.