On partial augmentations of elements in integral group rings
Inner relations are derived between partial augmentations of certain elements (units or idempotents) in group rings.
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Attila Maroti
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p-Regular conjugacy classes and p-rational irreducible characters
Let $G$ be a finite group of order divisible by a prime $p$. The number of $p$-regular and $p'$-regular conjugacy classes of $G$ is at least $2\sqrt{p-1}$. Also, the number of $p$-rational and $p'$-rational irreducible characters of $G$ is at least $2\sqrt{p-1}$. Along the way we prove a uniform lower bound for the number of $p$-regular classes in a finite simple group of Lie type in terms of its rank and size of the underlying field.
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Irreducible induction and nilpotent subgroups in finite groups
Suppose that $G$ is a finite group and $H$ is a nilpotent subgroup of $G$. If a character of $H$ induces an irreducible character of $G$, then the generalized Fitting subgroup of $G$ is nilpotent.
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Base sizes of primitive groups: bounds with explicit constants
We show that the minimal base size $b(G)$ of a finite primitive permutation group $G$ of degree $n$ is at most $2 (\log |G|/\log n) + 24$. This bound is asymptotically best possible since there exists a sequence of primitive permutation groups $G$ of degrees $n$ such that $b(G) = \lfloor 2 (\log |G|/\log n) \rceil - 2$ and $b(G)$ is unbounded. As a corollary we show that a primitive permutation group of degree $n$ that does not contain the alternating group $\mathrm{Alt}(n)$ has a base of size at most $\max\{\sqrt{n} , \ 25\}$.
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On the number of conjugacy classes of $π$-elements in finite groups
Let $G$ be a finite group and $π$ be a set of primes. We show that if the number of conjugacy classes of $π$-elements in $G$ is larger than $5/8$ times the $π$-part of $|G|$ then $G$ possesses an abelian Hall $π$-subgroup which meets every conjugacy class of $π$-elements in $G$. This extends and generalizes a result of W. H. Gustafson.
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Character degree sums of finite groups
We present some results on character degree sums in connection with certain characteristics of finite groups such as p-solvability, solvability, supersolvability, and nilpotency. Some of them strengthen known results in the literature.
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On the non-coprime k(GV) problem
Let V be a finite faithful completely reducible FG-module for a finite field F and a finite group G. In various cases explicit linear bounds in |V| are given for the numbers of conjugacy classes k(GV) and k(G) of the semidirect product GV and of the group G respectively. These results concern the so-called non-coprime k(GV)-problem.
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Covering certain Wreath Products with Proper Subgroups
For a non-cyclic finite group $X$ let $σ(X)$ be the least number of proper subgroups of $X$ whose union is $X$. Precise formulas or estimates are given for $σ(S \wr C_{m})$ for certain nonabelian finite simple groups $S$ where $C_m$ is a cyclic group of order $m$.
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Normal coverings of linear groups
For a non-cyclic finite group $G$, let $γ(G)$ denote the smallest number of conjugacy classes of proper subgroups of $G$ needed to cover $G$. Bubboloni, Praeger and Spiga, motivated by questions in number theory, have recently established that $γ(S_n)$ and $γ(A_{n})$ are bounded above and below by linear functions of $n$. In this paper we show that if $G$ is in the range $\SL_{n}(q)\le G\le \GL_{n}(q)$ for $n>2$, then $n/π^2 < γ(G) \le (n+1)/2$. We give various alternative bounds, and derive explicit formulas for $γ(G)$ in some cases.
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Rings as the unions of proper subrings
We describe all possible ways how a ring can be expressed as the union of three of its proper subrings. This is an analogue for rings of a 1926 theorem of Scorza about groups. We then determine the minimal number of proper subrings of the simple matrix ring $M_{n}(q)$ whose union is $M_{n}(q)$.
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Average dimension of fixed point spaces with applications
Let $G$ be a finite group, $F$ a field, and $V$ a finite dimensional $FG$-module such that $G$ has no trivial composition factor on $V$. Then the arithmetic average dimension of the fixed point spaces of elements of $G$ on $V$ is at most $(1/p) \dim V$ where $p$ is the smallest prime divisor of the order of $G$. This answers and generalizes a 1966 conjecture of Neumann which also appeared in a paper of Neumann and Vaughan-Lee and also as a problem in The Kourovka Notebook posted by Vaughan-Lee. Our result also generalizes a recent theorem of Isaacs, Keller, Meierfrankenfeld, and Moretó. Various applications are given. For example, another conjecture of Neumann and Vaughan-Lee is proven and some results of Segal and Shalev are improved and/or generalized concerning BFC groups.
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