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A Combinatorial Proof of a generalization of a Theorem of Frobenius

Group Theory 2022-03-29 v1

Abstract

In this article, we shall generalize a theorem due to Frobenius in group theory, which asserts that if pp is a prime and prp^{r} divides the order of a finite group, then the number of subgroups of order prp^{r} is \equiv 1(mod pp). Interestingly, our proof is purely combinatorial and does not use much group theory.

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@article{arxiv.2203.14534,
  title  = {A Combinatorial Proof of a generalization of a Theorem of Frobenius},
  author = {Supravat Sarkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.14534},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Accepted for publication in "The Mathematics Student" Journal