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A note on the horizontal class transposition group

Group Theory 2026-04-15 v1

Abstract

Let nn be an integer with n>1n > 1. For every rr satisfying the inequalities 0r<n0 \leq r < n, the residue class modulo nn is defined as r(n)={r+knkZ}r(n)=\{r + kn | k \in Z\}, where ZZ is the set of all integers. Then for 0r1r2<n0 \leq r_1\neq r_2 < n, the horizontal class transposition τr1(n),r2(n)\tau_{r_1(n), r_2(n)} is an involution that interchanges r1+knr_1 + kn and r2+knr_2 + kn for each integer kk and fixes everything else. The horizontal class transposition group CTnCT_n is generated by all horizontal class transposition τr1(n),r2(n)\tau_{r_1(n), r_2(n)}. Let NN be the least common multiple of the numbers 2,3,...,n2, 3, . . . , n and CT(n)=CT2,CT3,...,CTnCT_{(n)}=\langle CT_2,CT_3,...,CT_n\rangle. In this note, we prove that for n>3n>3, CT(n)SNCT_{(n)}\cong S_N, where SNS_N is the symmetric group of degree NN. Thus, we solve a conjecture proposed by Bardakov and Iskra, which has been included in the kourovka notebook: Unsolved problems in group theory, Novosibirsk, 2026.

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@article{arxiv.2604.12553,
  title  = {A note on the horizontal class transposition group},
  author = {Junyao Pan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.12553},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

In this note, we solve a conjecture proposed by Bardakov and Iskra, which has been included in the kourovka notebook: Unsolved problems in group theory, Novosibirsk, 2026

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