Conjugacy class sizes in arithmetic progression
Group Theory
2020-06-09 v4
Abstract
Let denote the set of conjugacy class sizes of a group , and let be the sizes of non-central classes. We prove three results. We classify all finite groups with an arithmetic progression with . (We show that .) Our most substantial result classifies all with . Finally, we classify all groups whose largest two non-central conjugacy class sizes are coprime. (Here it is not obvious but it is true that has two elements, and so is an arithmetic progression.)
Cite
@article{arxiv.2003.03906,
title = {Conjugacy class sizes in arithmetic progression},
author = {Mariagrazia Bianchi and Cheryl E. Praeger and S. P. Glasby},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.03906},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
13 pages; v4 correct typo: C_B(A) changed to C_A(B) on p3. Also last paragraph of Introduction modified slightly