Cyclic-by-abelian counterexamples to the second and third Zassenhaus conjectures
Group Theory
2026-08-04 v1 Rings and Algebras
Abstract
Let with . We construct a finite group , where and , together with an augmentation-preserving automorphism having no Zassenhaus factorization. The image is a normalized group basis which is not rationally conjugate to , although every element of is individually rationally conjugate to an element of . Consequently, (ZC2) and (ZC3) fail for finite cyclic-by-abelian groups, resolving a problem of Margolis and del R\'io. The construction extends Hertweck's example uniformly: both the class-preserving obstruction and the integral gluing are independent of the order of the auxiliary factor. The smallest admissible member of this family has order and derived subgroup .
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@article{arxiv.2608.03254,
title = {Cyclic-by-abelian counterexamples to the second and third Zassenhaus conjectures},
author = {Brecht Verbeken},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.03254},
year = {2026}
}
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