On the existence of super P-groups |
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Authors: | A.D Keedwell |
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Affiliation: | Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH, England |
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Abstract: | A finite group (G, ·) is said to be sequenceable if its elements can be arranged in a sequence a0 = e, a1, a2,…, an?1 in such a way that the partial products b0 = a0, b1 = a0a1, b2 = a0a1a2,…, bn?1 = a0a1a2 ··· an?1 are all distinct (and consequently are the elements of G in a new order). It is said to be R-sequenceable if its elements can be ordered in such a way that the partial products b0 = a0, b1 = a0a1, b2 = a0a1a2,…, bn?2 = a0a1a2 ··· an?2 are all different and so that bn?1 = a0a1a2 ··· an?1 = b0 = e. (in the first case, the ordering a0,a1,…,an?1 of the elements is said to be a sequencing of G and, in the second case, an R-sequencing of G.) It is a super P-group if every element of one particular coset hG′ of the derived group can be expressed as the product of the n elements of G in such a way that the orderings of the elements in these products are sequencings of G with the exception that, in the case that h = e, the element e of G′ must be expressed as a product of the n elements of G which forms an R-sequencing of G. It is proved that every non-Abelian group of order pq such that p has 2 as a primitive root, where p and q are distinct odd primes with p < q, is a super P-group. Also provided is evidence for the conjectures that all Abelian groups and all dihedral groups of doubly even order (except those of orders 4 and 8) are super P-groups. |
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