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Factorizations of simple groups of order 168 and 360

Group Theory 2024-01-18 v1

Abstract

A finite group GG is called kk-factorizable if for any factorization G=a1ak|G|=a_1\cdots a_k with ai>1a_i>1 there exist subsets AiA_i of GG with Ai=ai|A_i|=a_i such that G=A1AkG=A_1\cdots A_k. We say that GG is \textit{multifold-factorizable} if GG is kk-factorizable for any possible integer k2k\geq2. We prove that simple groups of orders 168 and 360 are multifold-factorizable and formulate two conjectures that the symmetric group SnS_n for any nn and the alternative group AnA_n for n6n\geq6 are multifold-factorizable.

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@article{arxiv.2401.09306,
  title  = {Factorizations of simple groups of order 168 and 360},
  author = {Mikhail Kabenyuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.09306},
  year   = {2024}
}

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