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.     

Fusions of Character Tables and Schur Rings of Abelian 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. The theory is developed in terms of the S-rings of Schur and Wielandt. We discuss certain classes of p-groups which fuse from abelian groups and give examples of such groups which do not. We also show that a large class of simple groups do not fuse from abelian groups. The methods to show fusion include the use of extensions which are Camina pairs, but other techniques on S-rings are also developed.     

关于Camina条件

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On Infinite Camina Groups

A group G is called a Camina group if G′ ≠ G and each element x ∈ G?G′ satisfies the equation x ^G  = xG′, where x ^G denotes the conjugacy class of x in G. Finite Camina groups were introduced by Alan Camina in 1978, and they had been studied since then by many authors. In this article, we start the study of infinite Camina groups. In particular, we characterize infinite Camina groups with a finite G′ (see Theorem 3.1) and we show that infinite non-abelian finitely generated Camina groups must be nonsolvable (see Theorem 4.3). We also describe locally finite Camina groups, residually finite Camina groups (see Section 3) and some periodic solvable Camina groups (see Section 5).     

APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY OF CAMINA GROUPS

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The Class Number of Derived Subgroups and the Structure of Camina Groups

A finite group G is called a Camina group if G has a proper normal subgroup N such that gN is precisely a conjugacy class of G for any g ∈E G - N. In this paper, the structure of a Camina group G is determined when N is a union of 2, 3 or 4 conjugacy classes of G.     

Infinite Groups with an Anticentral Element

An element of a group is called anticentral if the conjugacy class of that element is equal to the coset of the commutator subgroup containing that element. A group is called Camina group if every element outside the commutator subgroup is anticentral. In this paper, we investigate the structure of locally finite groups with an anticentral element. Moreover, we construct some non-periodic examples of Camina groups, which are not locally solvable.     

Brauer pairs of Camina p-groups of nilpotence class 2

In this paper, we find a condition that characterizes when two Camina p-groups of nilpotence class 2 form a Brauer pair. Received: 26 September 2008     

Some finite groups with large conjugacy classes

We derive some properties of a family of finite groups, which was investigated by Camina, Macdonald, and others. For instance, we give information about the Schur multipliers of the class twop-groups in this family. A large part of this paper was written while the author was visiting the Department of Mathematics of the University of Trento. The author is indebted to this department, and in particular to C.M. Scoppola, for their kind hospitality. The author is also grateful to D. Chillag for his constructively destructive criticism of the first version of this paper.     

搜索区传递2-（q，4，1）设计

对于区传递但非旗传递的可解2-（q，4，1）设计，Camina指出，当q=13，37，61，109，157，181时有具体的例子，但是否有更多的q产生具体例子有待研究。主要结果：设q是素数幂且q=13（mod24），则对于每个q〈2000，总存在区传递但非旗传递的2-（q，4，1）设计。     

Camina pairs that are not <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-closed

We show for every prime p that there exists a Camina pair (G, N), where N is a p-group and G is not p-closed.     

Finite line-transitive linear spaces: Theory and search strategies

The paper summarises existing theory and classifications for finite line-transitive linear spaces, develops the theory further, and organises it in a way that enables its effective application. The starting point is a theorem of Camina and the fifth author that identifies three kinds of line-transitive automorphism groups of linear spaces. In two of these cases the group may be imprimitive on points, that is, the group leaves invariant a nontrivial partition of the point set. In the first of these cases the group is almost simple with point-transitive simple socle, and may or may not be point-primitive, while in the second case the group has a non-trivial point-intransitive normal subgroup and hence is definitely point-imprimitive. The theory presented here focuses on point-imprimitive groups. As a non-trivial application a classification is given of the point-imprimitive, line-transitive groups, and the corresponding linear spaces, for which the greatest common divisor gcd（k, v - 1） ≤ 8, where v is the number of points, and k is the line size. Motivation for this classification comes from a result of Weidong Fang and Huffing Li in 1993, that there are only finitely many non-trivial point-imprimitive, linetransitive linear spaces for a given value of gcd（k, v - 1）. The classification strengthens the classification by Camina and Mischke under the much stronger restriction k ≤ 8： no additional examples arise. The paper provides the backbone for future computer-based classifications of point-imprimitive, line- transitive linear spaces with small parameters. Several suggestions for further investigations are made.     

Almost simple groups with socle ~3D_4(q) act on finite linear spaces

After the classification of flag-transitive linear spaces, attention has now turned to line-transitive linear spaces. Such spaces are first divided into the point-imprimitive and the point-primitive, the first class is usually easy by the theorem of Delandtsheer and Doyen. The primitive ones are now subdivided, according to the O'Nan-Scotte theorem and some further work by Camina, into the socles which are an elementary abelian or non-abelian simple. In this paper, we consider the latter. Namely, T≤G≤Aut(T) and G acts line-transitively on finite linear spaces, where T is a non-abelian simple. We obtain some useful lemmas. In particular, we prove that when T is isomorphic to 3D4(q), then T is line-transitive, where q is a power of the prime p.     

On non-solvable Camina pairs

In this paper we study non-solvable and non-Frobenius Camina pairs (G,N). It is known [D. Chillag, A. Mann, C. Scoppola, Generalized Frobenius groups II, Israel J. Math. 62 (1988) 269–282] that in this case N is a p-group. Our first result (Theorem 1.3) shows that the solvable residual of G/O_p(G) is isomorphic either to SL(2,p^e),p is a prime or to SL(2,5), SL(2,13) with p=3, or to SL(2,5) with p7.Our second result provides an example of a non-solvable and non-Frobenius Camina pair (G,N) with |O_p(G)|=5⁵ and G/O_p(G)SL(2,5). Note that G has a character which is zero everywhere except on two conjugacy classes. Groups of this type were studies by S.M. Gagola [S.M. Gagola, Characters vanishing on all but two conjugacy classes, Pacific J. Math. 109 (1983) 363–385]. To our knowledge this group is the first example of a Gagola group which is non-solvable and non-Frobenius.     

Character sheaves on the semi-stable locus of a group compactification

We study the intermediate extension of the character sheaves on an adjoint group to the semi-stable locus of its wonderful compactification. We show that the intermediate extension can be described by a direct image construction. As a consequence, we show that the “ordinary” restriction of a character sheaf on the compactification to a “semi-stable stratum” is a shift of semisimple perverse sheaf and is closely related to Lusztig's restriction functor (from a character sheaf on a reductive group to a direct sum of character sheaves on a Levi subgroup). We also provide a (conjectural) formula for the boundary values inside the semi-stable locus of an irreducible character of a finite group of Lie type, which gives a partial answer to a question of Springer (2006) [21]. This formula holds for Steinberg character and characters coming from generic character sheaves. In the end, we verify Lusztig's conjecture Lusztig (2004) [16, 12.6] inside the semi-stable locus of the wonderful compactification.     

On IP-graphs of association schemes and applications to group theory

Let G be a group acting transitively on a set X such that all subdegrees are finite. Isaacs and Praeger (1993) [5] studied the common divisor graph of (G,X). For a group G and its subgroup A, based on the results in Isaacs and Praeger (1993) [5], Kaplan (1997) [6] proved that if A is stable in G and the common divisor graph of (A,G) has two components, then G has a nice structure. Motivated by the notion of the common divisor graph of (G,X), Camina (2008) [3] introduced the concept of the IP-graph of a naturally valenced association scheme. The common divisor graph of (G,X) is the IP-graph of the association scheme arising from the action of G on X. Xu (2009) [8] studied the properties of the IP-graph of an arbitrary naturally valenced association scheme, and generalized the main results in Isaacs and Praeger (1993) [5] and Camina (2008) [3]. In this paper we first prove that if the IP-graph of a naturally valenced association scheme (X,S) is stable and has two components (not including the trivial component whose only vertex is 1), then S has a closed subset T such that the thin residue O?(T) and the quotient scheme (X/O?(T),S//O?(T)) have very nice properties. Then for an association scheme (X,S) and a closed subset T of S such that S//T is an association scheme on X/T, we study the relations between the closed subsets of S and those of S//T. Applying these results to schurian schemes and common divisor graphs of groups, we obtain the results of Kaplan [6] as direct consequences.     

Almost simple groups with socle 3 D 4(q) act on finite linear spaces

After the classification of flag-transitive linear spaces, attention has now turned to line-transitive linear spaces. Such spaces are first divided into the point-imprimitive and the point-primitive, the first class is usually easy by the theorem of Delandtsheer and Doyen. The primitive ones are now subdivided, according to the O’Nan-Scotte theorem and some further work by Camina, into the socles which are an elementary abelian or non-abelian simple. In this paper, we consider the latter. Namely, T ≤ G ≤ Aut(T) and G acts line-transitively on finite linear spaces, where T is a non-abelian simple. We obtain some useful lemmas. In particular, we prove that when T is isomorphic to ³ D ₄(q), then T is line-transitive, where q is a power of the prime p.     

The Real Part of the Character Table of a Finite Group

In the ordinary character table of a finite group G, the values of the real valued irreducible characters on the real conjugacy classes form a sub-table which is square by Brauer's permutation lemma. We call this table the real part of the character table of G. Unlike the ordinary character table, viewed as a square matrix the real part of the character table is often singular. We present some results linking nonsingularity of this table to other properties of G.     

Almost simple groups with socle 3D4(q) act on finite linear spaces

After the classification of flag-transitive linear spaces, attention has now turned to line-transitive linear spaces. Such spaces are first divided into the point-imprimitive and the point-primitive, the first class is usually easy by the theorem of Delandtsheer and Doyen. The primitive ones are now subdivided, according to the O’Nan-Scotte theorem and some further work by Camina, into the socles which are an elementary abelian or non-abelian simple. In this paper, we consider the latter. Namely, T ≤ G ≤ Aut(T) and G acts line-transitively on finite linear spaces, where T is a non-abelian simple. We obtain some useful lemmas. In particular, we prove that when T is isomorphic to ³ D ₄(q), then T is line-transitive, where q is a power of the prime p.