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Another article on the number of homomorphisms

Group Theory 2026-04-02 v3

Abstract

We extend the class of abelian groups for which a conjecture of Asai and Yoshida on the number of crossed homomorphisms holds. We also prove a general result which connects certain problems concerning divisibility in groups to the Asai-Yoshida conjecture. One of the consequences is that for finite groups F and G the number |Hom(F,G)| is divisible by gcd(|G|, |F:F'|) if F/F' is a product of a cyclic group and a group with cube-free exponent.

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@article{arxiv.2511.16552,
  title  = {Another article on the number of homomorphisms},
  author = {Alexander V. Khudyakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.16552},
  year   = {2026}
}