Finite groups with all subgroups not contained in the Frattini subgroup permutable

Let G be a finite group. A subgroup H of G is a permutable subgroup of G if HK = KH for all subgroups K of G. It will be shown that if all subgroups not contained in the Frattini subgroup are permutable in a group G, then all subgroups are permutable in G.     

Alternating and Sporadic Simple Groups are Determined by Their Character Degrees

Let G be a finite group. Denote by Irr(G) the set of all irreducible complex characters of G. Let cd(G) be the set of all irreducible complex character degrees of G forgetting multiplicities, that is, cd(G) = {χ(1) : χ ∈ Irr(G)} and let cd ^*(G) be the set of all irreducible complex character degrees of G counting multiplicities. Let H be an alternating group of degree at least 5, a sporadic simple group or the Tits group. In this paper, we will show that if G is a non-abelian simple group and cd(G) í cd(H)cd(G)\subseteq cd(H) then G must be isomorphic to H. As a consequence, we show that if G is a finite group with cd^*(G) í cd^*(H)cd^*(G)\subseteq cd^*(H) then G is isomorphic to H. This gives a positive answer to Question 11.8 (a) in (Unsolved problems in group theory: the Kourovka notebook, 16th edn) for alternating groups, sporadic simple groups or the Tits group.     

On the character degree sums

Let G be a finite group, and T(G) be the sum of all complex irreducible character degrees of G. In this paper, we get the exact lower bound of |G|∕T(G) for a non-r-solvable group G.     

Finite groups in which permutability is a transitive relation on their frattini factor groups

Let G be a finite group. A PT-group is a group G whose subnormal subgroups are all permutable in G. A PST-group is a group G whose subnormal subgroups are all S-permutable in G. We say that G is a PT_o-group (respectively, a PST_o-group) if its Frattini quotient group G/Φ(G) is a PT-group (respectively, a PST-group). In this paper, we determine the structure of minimal non-PT_o-groups and minimal non-PST_o-groups.      

Mappings of group shifts

A group shift is a proper closed shift-invariant subgroup ofG ^ℤ ₂ whereG is a finite group. We consider a class of group shifts in whichG is a finite field and show that mixing is a necessary and sufficient condition on such a group shift for all codes from it into another group shift to be affine and all codes from another group shift into it to be affine. As a corollary, it will follow forG=ℤ _p that two mixing group shifts are topologically conjugate if and only if they are equal.     

Nonsolvable Groups All of Whose Character Degrees are Odd-Square-Free

A finite group G is odd-square-free if no irreducible complex character of G has degree divisible by the square of an odd prime. We determine all odd-square-free groups G satisfying S ≤ G ≤ Aut(S) for a finite simple group S. More generally, we show that if G is any nonsolvable odd-square-free group, then G has at most two nonabelian chief factors and these must be simple odd-square-free groups. If the alternating group A ₇ is involved in G, the structure of G can be further restricted.     

Quasi-Purifiable Subgroups and Minimal Direct Summands

Let G be an arbitrary Abelian group. A subgroup A of G is said to be quasi-purifiable in G if there exists a pure subgroup H of G containing A such that A is almost-dense in H and H/A is torsion. Such a subgroup H is called a “quasi-pure hull” of A in G. We prove that if G is an Abelian group whose maximal torsion subgroup is torsion-complete, then all subgroups A are quasi-purifiable in G and all maximal quasi-pure hulls of A are isomorphic. Every subgroup A of a torsion-complete p-primary group G is contained in a minimal direct summand of G that is a minimal pure torsion-complete subgroup containing A. An Abelian group G is said to be an “ADE decomposable group” if there exist an ADE subgroup K of G and a subgroup T′ of T(G) such that G = K⊕ T′. An Abelian group whose maximal torsion subgroup is torsion-complete is ADE decomposable. Hence direct products of cyclic groups are ADE decomposable groups.     

Isomorphisms of Connected Cayley Digraphs

 Let G be a finite group and let Cay() be a Cayley graph of G. The graph Cay() is called a CI-graph of G if, for any for some Aut(G) only when CayCay(). In this paper, we study the isomorphism problem of connected Cayley graphs: to determine the groups G (or the types of Cayley graphs for a given group G) for which all connected Cayley graphs for G are CI-graphs.     

Simple exceptional groups of Lie type are determined by their character degrees

Let G be a finite group. Denote by Irr(G) the set of all irreducible complex characters of G. Let cd(G)={c(1)  |  c ? Irr(G)}{{\rm cd}(G)=\{\chi(1)\;|\;\chi\in {\rm Irr}(G)\}} be the set of all irreducible complex character degrees of G forgetting multiplicities, and let X₁(G) be the set of all irreducible complex character degrees of G counting multiplicities. Let H be any non-abelian simple exceptional group of Lie type. In this paper, we will show that if S is a non-abelian simple group and cd(S) í cd(H){{\rm cd}(S)\subseteq {\rm cd}(H)} then S must be isomorphic to H. As a consequence, we show that if G is a finite group with X₁(G) í X₁(H){{\rm X}_1(G)\subseteq {\rm X}_1(H)} then G is isomorphic to H. In particular, this implies that the simple exceptional groups of Lie type are uniquely determined by the structure of their complex group algebras.     

Relative Group Cohomology and The Orbit Category

Let G be a finite group and ? be a family of subgroups of G closed under conjugation and taking subgroups. We consider the question whether there exists a periodic relative ?-projective resolution for ? when ? is the family of all subgroups H ≤ G with rk H ≤ rkG ? 1. We answer this question negatively by calculating the relative group cohomology ?H*(G, 𝔽₂) where G = ?/2 × ?/2 and ? is the family of cyclic subgroups of G. To do this calculation we first observe that the relative group cohomology ?H*(G, M) can be calculated using the ext-groups over the orbit category of G restricted to the family ?. In second part of the paper, we discuss the construction of a spectral sequence that converges to the cohomology of a group G and whose horizontal line at E ₂ page is isomorphic to the relative group cohomology of G.     

A geometric Jacquet-Langlands correspondence for <Emphasis Type="Italic">U</Emphasis>(2) Shimura varieties

Let G be a unitary group over ℚ, associated to a CM-field F with totally real part F ⁺, with signature (1, 1) at all the archimedean places of F ⁺. Under certain hypotheses on F ⁺, we show that Jacquet-Langlands correspondences between certain automorphic representations of G and representations of a group G′ isomorphic to G except at infinity can be realized in the cohomology of Shimura varieties attached to G and G′.     

Groups with bounded representation degree

Let Gbe a group and let K be a field of characteristic p> 0. If all irreducible representations of the group algebra K[G] have finite degree < n, then we show that G has a subgroup A with |G:A| bounded by a function of nand such that all the irreducible representations of K[A] have degree 1.     

The solvable radical of Sylow factorizable groups

Let G be a finite group. A complete Sylow product of G is a product of Sylow subgroups of G, one for each prime divisor of |G|. We shall call G a Sylow factorizable group if it is equal to at least one of its complete Sylow products. We prove that if G is a Sylow factorizable group then the intersection of all complete Sylow products of G is equal to the solvable radical of G. We generalize the concepts and the result to Sylow products which involve an arbitrary subset of the prime divisors of |G|. Received: 26 January 2005     

On finite groups with the cayley isomorphism property

Let G be a finite group, and let Cay(G, S) be a Cayley digraph of G. If, for all T ⊂ G, Cay(G, S) ≅ Cay(G, T) implies S^α = T for some α ∈ Aut(G), then Cay(G, S) is called a CI-graph of G. For a group G, if all Cayley digraphs of valency m are CI-graphs, then G is said to have the m-DCI property; if all Cayley graphs of valency m are CI-graphs, then G is said to have the m-CI property. It is shown that every finite group of order greater than 2 has a nontrivial CI-graph, and all finite groups with the m-CI property and with the m-DCI property are characterized for small values of m. A general investigation is made of the structure of Sylow subgroups of finite groups with the m-DCI property and with the m-CI property for large values of m. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 27: 21–31, 1998     

Finite groups with three composite character degrees

Let G be a finite group and let cd(G) be the set of all irreducible character degrees of G. We consider finite groups G with the property that cd(G) has at most three composite members. We derive a bound 8 for the size of character degree sets of such groups.     

On Solvable R* Groups of Finite Rank

Abstract

For an element a of a group G,let S(a) denote the semigroup generated by all conjugates of a in G. We prove that if G is solvable of finite rank and 1 ? S(a) for all 1 ≠ a ∈ G,then ?a ^G ?/?b ^G ? is a periodic group for every b ∈ S(a). Conversely if every two generator subgroup of a finitely generated torsion-free solvable group G has this property then G has finite rank,and if every finitely generated subgroup has this property then every partial order on G can be extended to a total order.     

On s-Permutable Subgroups and p-Nilpotency of Finite Groups

A subgroup H of a finite group G is said to be s-permutable in G if H permutes with every Sylow subgroup of G. In this article, some sufficient conditions for a finite group G to be p-nilpotent are given whenever all subgroups with order p ^m of a Sylow p-subgroup of G are s-permutable for a given positive integer m.     

On a Generalization of Hamiltonian Groups and a Dualization of PN-Groups

Baer and Wielandt in 1934 and 1958, respectively, considered that the intersection of the normalizers of all subgroups of G and the intersection of the normalizers of all subnormal subgroups of G. In this article, for a finite group G, we define the subgroup S(G) to be intersection of the normalizers of all non-cyclic subgroups of G. Groups whose noncyclic subgroups are normal are studied in this article, as well as groups in which all noncyclic subgroups are normalized by all minimal subgroups. In particular, we extend the results of Passman, Bozikov, and Janko to non-nilpotent finite groups.     

How often can a finite group be realized as a Galois group over a field?

Let G be any finite group and any class of fields. By we denote the minimal number of realizations of G as a Galois group over some field from the class . For G abelian and the class of algebraic extensions of ℚ we give an explicit formula for . Similarly we treat the case of an abelian p-group G and the class which is conjectured to be the class of all fields of characteristic ≠p for which the Galois group of the maximal p-extension is finitely generated. For non-abelian groups G we offer a variety of sporadic results. Received: 27 October 1998 / Revised version: 3 February 1999