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Determining skew left braces of size np

Group Theory 2025-05-27 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

We define the twofold semidirect product of two skew left braces, in which both the additive and multiplicative groups are semidirect products of the corresponding groups of the given skew left braces. We consider an odd prime pp and an integer nn satisfying pnp\nmid n, pAut(E)p\nmid|\mathrm{Aut}(E)| for every group EE of order nn and such that each group of order npnp has a unique pp-Sylow subgroup. Under these conditions, we prove that any skew left brace of size npnp is either a twofold semidirect product of the trivial brace of size pp and a skew left brace of size nn or a companion skew left brace of that one. We develop an algorithm to obtain all skew left braces of size npnp from the skew left braces of size nn and provide a formula to count them. We use this result to describe all skew left braces of size 12p12p for p7p\geq 7, which proves a conjecture of V.G. Bardakov, M.V. Neshchadim and M.K. Yadav.

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@article{arxiv.2302.13098,
  title  = {Determining skew left braces of size np},
  author = {Teresa Crespo and Daniel Gil-Muñoz and Anna Rio and Montserrat Vela},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.13098},
  year   = {2025}
}