Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 16315–1618 Tehran, Iran;(2) Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran |
Abstract: | For G a finite group, π e (G) denotes the set of orders of elements in G. If Ω is a subset of the set of natural numbers, h(Ω) stands for the number of isomorphism classes of finite groups with the same set Ω of element orders. We say that G is k-distinguishable if h(π e (G)) = k < ∞, otherwise G is called non-distinguishable. Usually, a 1-distinguishable group is called a characterizable group. It is shown that if M is a sporadic simple group different from M 12, M 22, J 2, He, Suz, M c L and O′N, then Aut(M) is characterizable by its element orders. It is also proved that if M is isomorphic to M 12, M 22, He, Suz or O′N, then h(π e (Aut(M))) ∈¸ {1,∞}. |