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Groups having all elements off a normal subgroup with prime power order

Group Theory 2022-03-08 v1

Abstract

We consider a finite group GG with a normal subgroup NN so that all elements of GNG \setminus N have prime power order. We prove that if there is a prime pp so that all the elements in GNG \setminus N have pp-power order, then either GG is a pp-group or G=PNG = PN where PP is a Sylow pp-subgroup and (G,P,PN)(G,P,P \cap N) is a Frobenius-Wielandt triple. We also prove that if all the elements of GNG \setminus N have prime power orders and the orders are divisible by two primes pp and qq, then GG is a {p,q}\{ p, q \}-group and G/NG/N is either a Frobenius group or a 22-Frobenius group. If all the elements of GNG \setminus N have prime power orders and the orders are divisible by at least three primes, then all elements of GG have prime power order and G/NG/N is nonsolvable.

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@article{arxiv.2203.02537,
  title  = {Groups having all elements off a normal subgroup with prime power order},
  author = {Mark L. Lewis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.02537},
  year   = {2022}
}

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15 pages

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