Extensions and the Induced Characters of Cyclic p-Groups

For a prime p, we denote by B_n the cyclic group of order pⁿ. Let φ be a faithful irreducible character of B_n, where p is an odd prime. We study the p-group G containing B_n such that the induced character φ^G is also irreducible. The purpose of this article is to determine the subgroup N_G(N_G(B_n)) of G under the hypothesis [N_G(B_n):B_n]⁴ ≦ pⁿ.     

Automorphism Groups of 2-Valent Connected Cayley Digraphs on Regular <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Groups

 Let X=Cay(G,S) be a 2-valent connected Cayley digraph of a regular p-group G and let G _R be the right regular representation of G. It is proved that if G _R is not normal in Aut(X) then X≅[2K ₁ ] with n>1, Aut(X) ≅Z ₂ wrZ _2n , and either G=Z _2n+1 =<a> and S={a,a ²ⁿ⁺¹ }, or G=Z _2n ×Z ₂ =<a>×<b> and S={a,ab}. Received: May 26, 1999 Final version received: June 19, 2000     

Finite p-groups with exactly one A 1-subgroup of given structure of order p 3

Abstract In this paper, we classified the finite p-groups with exactly one A1-subgroup of given structure of order p^3.     

Fusions of Character Tables II: p-Groups

If the character table of a finite group H satisfies certain conditions, then the classes and characters of H can fuse to give the character table of a group G of the same order. We investigate the case where H is an abelian group. In a previous article, we gave examples of Camina pairs that fuse from abelian groups. In this article, we give more general examples of Camina triples that fuse from abelian groups. We use this result to give an example of a group which fuses from an abelian group, but which has a subgroup that does not. We also give an example of a powerful 2-group which does not fuse from an abelian group and of a regular 3-group which does not fuse from an abelian group.     

The Symmetric Genus of p-Groups

Let G be a finite group. The symmetric genus σ(G) is the minimum genus of any Riemann surface on which G acts. We show that a non-cyclic p-group G has symmetric genus not congruent to 1(mod p ³) if and only if G is in one of 10 families of groups. The genus formula for each of these 10 families of groups is determined. A consequence of this classification is that almost all positive integers that are the genus of a p-group are congruent to 1(mod p ³). Finally, the integers that occur as the symmetric genus of a p-group with Frattini-class 2 have density zero in the positive integers.