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A note on filled groups

Group Theory 2015-12-18 v2

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group and SS a subset of GG. Then SS is {\em product-free} if SSS=S \cap SS = \emptyset, and SS {\em fills} GG if GSSSG^{\ast} \subseteq S \cup SS. A product-free set is locally maximal if it is not contained in a strictly larger product-free set. Street and Whitehead [J. Combin. Theory Ser. A \textbf{17} (1974), 219--226] defined a group GG as {\em filled} if every locally maximal product-free set in GG fills GG. Street and Whitehead classified all abelian filled groups, and conjectured that the finite dihedral group of order 2n2n is not filled when n=6k+1n=6k+1 (k1k\geq 1). The conjecture was disproved by the current authors in [Austral. Journal of Combinatorics \textbf{63 (3)} (2015), 385--398], where we also classified the filled groups of odd order. This brief note completes the classification of filled dihedral groups and discusses filled groups of order up to 100.

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@article{arxiv.1512.05117,
  title  = {A note on filled groups},
  author = {Sarah Hart and Chimere Anabanti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05117},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Birkbeck Pure Mathematics Preprint Series No. 17

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