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Characterization of $\PSL(2,q)$ by the number of singular elements

Group Theory 2025-04-01 v1

Abstract

Given a finite group GG, let π(G)\pi(G) denote the set of all primes that divide the order of GG. For a prime rπ(G)r \in \pi(G), we define rr-singular elements as those elements of GG whose order is divisible by rr. Denote by Sr(G)S_r(G) the number of rr-singluar elements of GG. We denote the proportion Sr(G)/GS_r(G)/|G| of rr-singular elements in GG by μr(G){\mu_r}(G). Let μ(G):={μr(G)rπ(G)}\mu(G) := {\{\mu_r}(G) | r\in \pi(G)\} be the set of all proportions of rr-singular elements for each prime rr in π(G)\pi(G). In this paper, we prove that if a finite group GG has the same set μ(G)\mu(G) as the simple group \PSL(2,q)\PSL(2,q), then GG is isomorphic to \PSL(2,q)\PSL(2,q).

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@article{arxiv.2503.24212,
  title  = {Characterization of $\PSL(2,q)$ by the number of singular elements},
  author = {Rulin Shen and Deyu Yan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.24212},
  year   = {2025}
}