On galois groups and their maximal 2-subgroups

LetG be a finite group of even order, having a central element of order 2 which we denote by −1. IfG is a 2-group, letG be a maximal subgroup ofG containing −1, otherwise letG be a 2-Sylow subgroup ofG. LetH=G/{±1} andH=G/{±1}. Suppose there exists a regular extensionL ₁ of ℚ(T) with Galois groupG. LetL be the subfield ofL ₁ fixed byH. We make the hypothesis thatL ₁ admits a quadratic extensionL ₂ which is Galois overL of Galois groupG. IfG is not a 2-group we show thatL ₁ then admits a quadratic extension which is Galois over ℚ(T) of Galois groupG and which can be given explicitly in terms ofL ₂. IfG is a 2-group, we show that there exists an element α ε ℚ(T) such thatL ₁ admits a quadratic extension which is Galois over ℚ(T) of Galois groupG if and only if the cyclic algebra (L/ℚ(T).a) splits. As an application of these results we explicitly construct several 2-groups as Galois groups of regular extensions of ℚ(T).     

On the strongly closed subgroups or H-subgroups of finite groups

Let G be a finite group. Goldschmidt, Flores, and Foote investigated the concept: Let K ≤ G. A subgroup H of K is called strongly closed in K with respect to G if H ^g ∩ K ≤ H for all g ∈ G. In particular, when H is a subgroup of prime-power order and K is a Sylow subgroup containing it, H is simply said to be a strongly closed subgroup. Bianchi and the others called a subgroup H of G an H-subgroup if N _G (H) ∩ H ^g ≤ H for all g ∈ G. In fact, an H-subgroup of prime power order is the same as a strongly closed subgroup. We give the characterizations of finite non-T-groups whose maximal subgroups of even order are solvable T-groups by H-subgroups or strongly closed subgroups. Moreover, the structure of finite non-T-groups whose maximal subgroups of even order are solvable T-groups may be difficult to give if we do not use normality.     

Extension groups between simple Mackey functors

In order to better understand the structure of indecomposable projective Mackey functors, we study extension groups of degree 1 between simple Mackey functors. We explicitly determine these groups between simple functors indexed by distinct normal subgroups. We next study the conditions under which it is possible to restrict ourselves to that case, and we give methods for calculating extension groups between simple Mackey functors which are not indexed by normal subgroups. We then focus on the case where the simple Mackey functors are indexed by the same subgroup. In this case, the corresponding extension group can be embedded in an extension group between modules over a group algebra, and we describe the image of this embedding. In particular, we determine all extension groups between simple Mackey functors for a p-group and for a group that has a normal p-Sylow subgroup. Finally, we compute higher extension groups between simple Mackey functors for a group that has a p-Sylow subgroup of order p.     

On weakly S-embedded and weakly τ-embedded subgroups

Let G be a finite group. A subgroup H of G is said to be weakly S-embedded in G if there exists a normal subgroup K of G such that HK is S-quasinormal in G and H ∩ K ≤ H _seG , where H _seG is the subgroup generated by all those subgroups of H which are S-quasinormally embedded in G. We say that a subgroup H of G is weakly τ-embedded in G if there exists a normal subgroup K of G such that HK is S-quasinormal in G and H ∩ K ≤ H _seG , where H _seG is the subgroup generated by all those subgroups of H which are τ-quasinormal in G. In this paper, we study the properties of weakly S-embedded and weakly τ-embedded subgroups, and use them to determine the structure of finite groups.     

Criteria for the p-solvability and p-supersolvability of finite groups

Let A, K, and H be subgroups of a group G and K ≤ H. Then we say that A covers the pair (K, H) if AH = AK and avoids the pair (K, H) if A ∩ H = A ∩ K. A pair (K, H) in G is said to be maximal if K is a maximal subgroup of H. In the present paper, we study finite groups in which some subgroups cover or avoid distinguished systems of maximal pairs of these groups. In particular, generalizations of a series of known results on (partial) CAP-subgroups are obtained.     

Some results on the capitulation problem

Let K be an unramified abelian extension of a number field F with Galois group G. K corresponds to a subgroup H of the ideal class group of F. We study the subgroup J of ideal classes in H which become trivial in K. There is an epimorphism from the cohomology group H^?1(G, Cl_K) to J which is an isomorphism if G is cyclic; Cl_K is the ideal class group of K. Some results on the structure of J and Cl_K are obtained.     

Places of algebraic function fields in arbitrary characteristic

We consider the Zariski space of all places of an algebraic function field F|K of arbitrary characteristic and investigate its structure by means of its patch topology. We show that certain sets of places with nice properties (e.g., prime divisors, places of maximal rank, zero-dimensional discrete places) lie dense in this topology. Further, we give several equivalent characterizations of fields that are large, in the sense of F. Pop's Annals paper Embedding problems over large fields. We also study the question whether a field K is existentially closed in an extension field L if L admits a K-rational place. In the appendix, we prove the fact that the Zariski space with the Zariski topology is quasi-compact and that it is a spectral space.     

On a problem posed by S. Li and J. Liu

A subgroup H of a finite group G is said to be Hall normally embedded in G if there is a normal subgroup N of G such that H is a Hall subgroup of N. The aim of this note is to prove that a group G has a Hall normally embedded subgroup of order |B| for each subgroup B of G if and only if G is soluble with nilpotent residual cyclic of square-free order. This is the answer to a problem posed by Li and Liu (J. Algebra 388:1–9, 2013).     

On SS-quasinormal and S-quasinormally embedded subgroups of finite groups

A subgroup H of a group G is said to be an SS-quasinormal (Supplement-Sylow-quasinormal) subgroup if there is a subgroup B of G such that HB = G and H permutes with every Sylow subgroup of B. A subgroup H of a group G is said to be S-quasinormally embedded inGif for every Sylow subgroup P of H, there is an S-quasinormal subgroup K in G such that P is also a Sylow subgroup of K. Groups with certain SS-quasinormal or S-quasinormally embedded subgroups of prime power order are studied.     

On the cohomology of Witt vectors of p-adic integers and a conjecture of Hesselholt

Let K be a complete discrete valued field of characteristic zero with residue field kK of characteristic p>0. Let L/K be a finite Galois extension with Galois group G such that the induced extension of residue fields kL/kK is separable. Hesselholt (2004) [2] conjectured that the pro-abelian group {H¹(G,Wn(OL))}_n∈N is zero, where OL is the ring of integers of L and W(OL) is the ring of Witt vectors in OL w.r.t. the prime p. He partially proved this conjecture for a large class of extensions. In this paper, we prove Hesselholt?s conjecture for all Galois extensions.     

On a group with three supersolvable subgroups of pairwise relatively prime indices

In this paper, we show that if G is a finite group with three supersolvable subgroups of pairwise relatively prime indices in G and G′ is nilpotent, then G is supersolvable. Let π(G) denote the set of prime divisors of |G| and max(π(G)) denote the largest prime divisor of |G|. We also establish that if G is a finite group such that G has three supersolvable subgroups H, K, and L whose indices in G are pairwise relatively prime, q \nmid p-1{q \nmid p-1} where p =  max(π(G)) and q = max(π(L)) with L a Hall p′-subgroup of G, then G is supersolvable.     

On Π-Supplemented Subgroups of a Finite Group

A subgroup H of a finite group G is said to satisfy Π-property in G if for every chief factor L/K of G, |G/K: N_G/K(HK/K ∩ L/K)| is a π(HK/K ∩ L/K)-number. A subgroup H of G is called Π-supplemented in G if there exists a subgroup T of G such that G = HT and H ∩ T ≤ I ≤ H, where I satisfies Π-property in G. In this article, we investigate the structure of a finite group G under the assumption that some primary subgroups of G are Π-supplemented in G. The main result we proved improves a large number of earlier results.     

On precover classes

Sunto LetG andH be abstract classes of modules. The classH is said to have theG-property if to each infinite cardinal λ there exists a cardinal κ>λ such that for everyF∈H with |F|≥κ and every its submoduleK with |F/K|≤λ there exists a submoduleL ofK such thatF/L/teG and |F/L|<κ. This condition is stronger than the condition (P) requiringL≠0 instead of |F/L|<κ, which was introduced and investigated in [8]. In this note we are going to study the relations of this more general condition to the existence of precovers with respect to some classes of modules. As an application we obtain some sufficient conditions for the existence of σ-torsionfree precovers related to a given hereditary torsion theory σ for the categoryR-mod. This result is closely related to and in some sense extends that of [5]. The research has been partially supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, grant #GAČR 201/03/0937 and also by the institutional grant MSM 113 200 007.     

The local lifting problem for <Emphasis Type="Italic">D</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript>

For a prime p, a cyclic-by-p group G and a G-extension L|K of complete discrete valuation fields of characteristic p with algebraically closed residue field, the local lifting problem asks whether the extension L|K lifts to characteristic zero. In this paper, we characterize D₄-extensions of fields of characteristic two, determine the ramification breaks of (suitable) D₄- extensions of complete discrete valuation fields of characteristic two, and solve the local lifting problem in the affirmative for every D₄-extension of complete discrete valuation fields of characteristic two with algebraically closed residue field; that is, we show that D₄ is a local Oort group for the prime 2.     

On Hall Normally Embedded Subgroups of Finite Groups

A subgroup H of a finite group G is called Hall normally embedded in G if H is a Hall subgroup of the normal closure H ^G . Groups which contain a Hall normally embedded subgroup of order d for every factor d of | G | are characterized. Such groups are supersolvable with a cyclic nilpotent residual of square-free order.     

On weakly τ-quasinormal subgroups of finite groups

Let G be a finite group and H a subgroup of G. We say that: (1) H is τ-quasinormal in G if H permutes with all Sylow subgroups Q of G such that (|Q|, |H|) = 1 and (|H|, |Q ^G |) ≠ 1; (2) H is weakly τ-quasinormal in G if G has a subnormal subgroup T such that HT = G and T ∩ H ≦ H _τG , where H _τG is the subgroup generated by all those subgroups of H which are τ-quasinormal in G. Our main result here is the following. Let ℱ be a saturated formation containing all supersoluble groups and let X ≦ E be normal subgroups of a group G such that G/E ∈ ℱ. Suppose that every non-cyclic Sylow subgroup P of X has a subgroup D such that 1 < |D| < |P| and every subgroup H of P with order |H| = |D| and every cyclic subgroup of P with order 4 (if |D| = 2 and P is non-Abelian) not having a supersoluble supplement in G is weakly τ-quasinormal in G. If X is either E or F* (E), then G ∈ ℱ.     

Torsion units in integral group rings of metacyclic groups

It is proved that if G is a split extension of a cyclic p-group by a cyclic p′-group with faithful action then any torsion unit of augmentation one of $\text{Z}$G is rationally conjugate to a group element. It is also proved that if G is a split extension of an abelian group A by an abelian group X with (|A|, |X|) = 1 then any torsion unit of $\text{Z}$G of augmentation one and order relatively prime to |A| is rationally conjugate to an element of X.