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Counting conjugacy classes of subgroups of ${\rm PSL}_2(p)$

Group Theory 2024-11-05 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We obtain formulae for the numbers of isomorphism and conjugacy classes of non-identity proper subgroups of the groups G=PSL2(p)G={\rm PSL}_2(p), pp prime, and for the numbers of those conjugacy classes which do or do not consist of self-normalising subgroups. The formulae are used to prove lower bounds 1717, 1818, 66 and 1212 respectively satisfied by these invariants for all p>37p>37. A computer search carried out for a different problem shows that these bounds are attained for over a million primes pp; we show that if the Bateman--Horn Conjecture is true, they are attained for infinitely many primes. Also, assuming no unproved conjectures, we use a result of Heath-Brown to obtain upper bounds for these invariants, valid for an infinite set of primes pp.

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@article{arxiv.2411.02219,
  title  = {Counting conjugacy classes of subgroups of ${\rm PSL}_2(p)$},
  author = {Gareth A. Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.02219},
  year   = {2024}
}

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10 pages