On the extendability of certain semi-Cayley graphs of finite abelian groups

A connected graph Γ with at least 2n+2 vertices is said to be n-extendable if every matching of size n in Γ can be extended to a perfect matching. The aim of this paper is to study the 1-extendability and 2-extendability of certain semi-Cayley graphs of finite abelian groups, and the classification of connected 2-extendable semi-Cayley graphs of finite abelian groups is given. Thus the 1-extendability and 2-extendability of Cayley graphs of non-abelian groups which can be realized as such semi-Cayley graphs of abelian groups can be deduced. In particular, the 1-extendability and 2-extendability of connected Cayley graphs of generalized dicyclic groups and generalized dihedral groups are characterized.     

Linking systems of difference sets

A linking system of difference sets is a collection of mutually related group difference sets, whose advantageous properties have been used to extend classical constructions of systems of linked symmetric designs. The central problems are to determine which groups contain a linking system of difference sets, and how large such a system can be. All previous constructive results for linking systems of difference sets are restricted to 2‐groups. We use an elementary projection argument to show that neither the McFarland/Dillon nor the Spence construction of difference sets can give rise to a linking system of difference sets in non‐2‐groups. We make a connection to Kerdock and bent sets, which provides large linking systems of difference sets in elementary abelian 2‐groups. We give a new construction for linking systems of difference sets in 2‐groups, taking advantage of a previously unrecognized connection with group difference matrices. This construction simplifies and extends prior results, producing larger linking systems than before in certain 2‐groups, new linking systems in other 2‐groups for which no system was previously known, and the first known examples in nonabelian groups.     

Fischer subspaces of Hermitian manifolds

The finite groups generated by 3-transpositions, studied by B.Fischer [5]have a geometrical interpretation given by F.Buekenhout [1] under the name of Fischer spaces.This geometrical concept allows us to study the Fischer subgroups of primitive groups classified by Fischer, and in particular those of unitary groups PSU(n,4), symplectic groups PSp(n,2), orthogonal groups PO(n,2) and symmetric groups Sym(n).This problem is linked to the determination of groups of projectivities generated by clations in characteristic 2 studied by Wagner [9] and McLaughlin[8], and is related to Kantor's work [7] on classical groups generated by long root elements, and to Enright's recent note on Fi₂₂ and Fi₂₃ [5].     

Macpherson's chern classes of singular algebraic varieties

Sacerdote [Sa] has shown that the non-Abelian free groups satisfy precisely the same universal-existential sentences Th(F₂)??? in a first-order language Lo appropriate for group theory. It is shown that in every model of Th(F₂)??? the maximal Abelian subgroups are elementarily equivalent to locally cyclic groups (necessarily nontrivial and torsion free). Two classes of groups are interpolated between the non-Abelian locally free groups and Remeslennikov’s ?-free groups. These classes are the almost locally free groups and the quasi-locally free groups. In particular, the almost locally free groups are the models of Th(F₂)??? while the quasi-locally free groups are the ?-free groups with maximal Abelian subgroups elementarily equivalent to locally cyclic groups (necessarily nontrivial and torsion free). Two principal open questions at opposite ends of a spectrum are: (1.) Is every finitely generated almost locally free group free? (2.) Is every quasi-locally free group almost locally free? Examples abound of finitely generated quasi-locally free groups containing nontrivial torsion in their Abelianizations. The question of whether or not almost locally free groups have torsion free Abelianization is related to a bound in a free group on the number of factors needed to express certain elements of the derived group as a product of commutators     

Decompositions of finitely generated nilpotent groups of class 2

In this paper we prove that rational indecomposability is a genus property for finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent groups of class 2. We use this result to determine the genus of finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent groups of class 2 which decompose as a direct product of rationally indecomposable groups. Received: 3 November 2005     

2pq阶群的自同构群

继续「１～２」等的工作,给出了２ｐｑ阶群Ｇ的自同构群ＡｕｔＧ的准确构造。     

Point regular groups of automorphisms of generalised quadrangles

We study the point regular groups of automorphisms of some of the known generalised quadrangles. In particular we determine all point regular groups of automorphisms of the thick classical generalised quadrangles. We also construct point regular groups of automorphisms of the generalised quadrangle of order (q−1,q+1) obtained by Payne derivation from the classical symplectic quadrangle W(3,q). For q=pf with f?2 we obtain at least two nonisomorphic groups when p?5 and at least three nonisomorphic groups when p=2 or 3. Our groups include nonabelian 2-groups, groups of exponent 9 and nonspecial p-groups. We also enumerate all point regular groups of automorphisms of some small generalised quadrangles.     

On subnormal subgroups of linear groups

We describe the subnormal subgroups of 2-dimensional linear groups over local and full rings in which 2 is invertible, as well as the subnormal subgroups of symplectic groups over local rings in which 2 is invertible.     

2-Signalizers of Finite Simple Groups

Maximal 2-signalizers and centralizers of Sylow 2-subgroups in all finite simple groups are described. Also normalizers are computed for Sylow 2-subgroups in the finite simple groups of exceptional Lie type over a field of odd characteristic.     

Construction techniques for Galois coverings of the affine line

For constructing un ramified coverings of the affine line in characteristicp, a general theorem about good reductions modulop of coverings of characteristic zero curves is proved. This is applied to modular curves to realize SL(2, ℤ/nℤ)/±1, with GCD(n, 6) = 1, as Galois groups of unramified coverings of the affine line in characteristicp, for p = 2 or 3. It is applied to the Klein curve to realize PSL(2, 7) for p = 2 or 3, and to the Macbeath curve to realize PSL(2, 8) for p = 3. By looking at curves with big automorphism groups, the projective special unitary groups PSU(3, p^v) and the projective special linear groups PSL(2, p^v) are realized for allp, and the Suzuki groups Sz(2^2v+1) are realized for p = 2. Jacobian varieties are used to realize certain extensions of realizable groups with abelian kernels.     

4p阶群及2p2阶群的自同构群

给出了4p阶群和2p^2阶群的自同构群的结构,这里P是奇素数。     

On Galois cohomology and realizability of 2-groups as Galois groups II

In [Michailov I.M., On Galois cohomology and realizability of 2-groups as Galois groups, Cent. Eur. J. Math., 2011, 9(2), 403–419] we calculated the obstructions to the realizability as Galois groups of 14 non-abelian groups of order 2 ⁿ , n ≥ 4, having a cyclic subgroup of order 2 ⁿ⁻², over fields containing a primitive 2 ⁿ⁻³th root of unity. In the present paper we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the realizability of the remaining 8 groups that are not direct products of smaller groups.     

On new realizations of the poincare groups P (1,2) and P(2, 2)

We classify realizations of the Poincare groups P (1, 2) and P (2, 2) in the class of local Lie groups of transformations and obtain new realizations of the Lie algebras of infinitesimal operators of these groups.     

2~n和2p~2阶群上Cayley图的Hamilton图的分解

主要给出几类非交换群对Alspach猜想(当Cay(G,S)的度小于等于4时)成立,进一步对2n和2p2阶群Cayley图的Hamilton圈的分解进行了讨论.     

Characterization of groups with generalized chernikov periodic part

A characterization of groups with generalized Chernikov periodic part is obtained first in the class of groups without elements of order 2 and then without this restriction. Two author’s theorems for periodic groups are generalized to mixed groups. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 270–275, February, 2000.     

Automatic realizability of Galois groups of order 16

This article examines the realizability of small groups of order , as Galois groups over arbitrary fields of characteristic not 2. In particular we consider automatic realizability of certain groups given the realizability of others.

     

2^n和2p^2阶群上Cayley图的Hamilton图的分解

主要给出几类非交换群对Alspach猜想（当Cay（G,S）的度小于等于4时）成立,进一步对2n和2p2阶群Cayley图的Hamilton圈的分解进行了讨论.     

Benz planes of Dembowski type and groups of tangential projectivities

Using the tangential relation we introduce in Benz planes M of Dembowski type, which generalize the Benz planes over algebras of characteristic 2, the group ?? of tangential perspectivities. We prove that these groups have the same behaviour as the classical groups of projectivities if any tangential perspectivity is induced by an automorphism of M. As permutation groups of a circle onto itself the groups ?? essentially differs from the classical groups of projectivities. If M is a Laguerre plane of Dembowski type, then ?? is always sharply 3-transitive. For Minkowski planes of Dembowski type ?? is at least 2-transitive. If M is a finite Benz plane of order 2 ^s , then ?? is isomorphic to the group PGL ₂(2 ^s ) in its sharply 3-transitive representation.