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Group Structure via Subgroup Counts

Group Theory 2026-04-10 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

The number of subgroups and the number of cyclic subgroups are natural combinatorial invariants of a finite group. We investigate how restrictions on these quantities, together with the number of distinct prime divisors of G|G|, enforce nilpotency, supersolvability, and solvability of GG. These criteria improve earlier results that relied solely on the total number of subgroups, and they are sharp in the sense that for each bound there exist non-nilpotent (respectively non-supersolvable, non-solvable) groups attaining the bound.

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@article{arxiv.2604.08040,
  title  = {Group Structure via Subgroup Counts},
  author = {Angsuman Das and Hiranya Kishore Dey and Khyati Sharma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.08040},
  year   = {2026}
}

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