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Bouc's conjecture on $B$-groups

Group Theory 2019-05-17 v1

Abstract

Bouc proposed the following conjecture: a finite group GG is nilpotent if and only if its largest quotient BB-group β(G)\beta(G) is nilpotent. And he has prove that this conjecture holds when GG is solvable. In this paper, we consider the case when GG is not solvable. Let SS be a nonabelian simple group except the Chevalley groups An(q)A_{n}(q), Dn(q)D_{n}(q), E6(q)E_{6}(q), and 2An(q)^2A_{n}(q), if there exists only one factor of GG which is isomorphic to SS, then β(G)\beta(G) is not solvable, of course, is not nilpotent. That means we prove the conjecture in these cases.

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@article{arxiv.1701.05985,
  title  = {Bouc's conjecture on $B$-groups},
  author = {Xingzhong Xu and Jiping Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.05985},
  year   = {2019}
}

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