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Difference sets disjoint from a subgroup

Group Theory 2017-03-22 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We study finite groups GG having a subgroup HH and DGHD \subset G \setminus H such that the multiset {xy1:x,yD}\{ xy^{-1}:x,y \in D\} has every non-identity element occur the same number of times (such a DD is called a {\it difference set}). We show that HH has to be normal, that G=H2|G|=|H|^2, and that DHg=H/2|D \cap Hg|=|H|/2 for all gHg \notin H. We show that HH is contained in every normal subgroup of prime index, and other properties. We give a 22-parameter family of examples of such groups. We show that such groups have Schur rings with four principal sets.

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@article{arxiv.1703.06979,
  title  = {Difference sets disjoint from a subgroup},
  author = {Courtney Hoagland and Stephen P. Humphries and Seth Poulsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.06979},
  year   = {2017}
}
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