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Notes on $B$-groups

Group Theory 2024-11-07 v2

Abstract

Following Wielandt, a finite group GG is called a BB-group (Burnside group) if every primitive group containing a regular subgroup isomorphic to GG is doubly transitive. Using a method of Schur rings, Wielandt proved that every abelian group of composite order which has at least one cyclic Sylow subgroup is a BB-group. Since then, other infinite families of BB-groups were found by the same method. A simple analysis of the proofs of these results shows that in all of them a stronger statement was proved for the group GG under consideration: every primitive Schur ring over GG is trivial. A finite group GG possessing the latter property, we call BSBS-group (Burnside-Schur group). In the present note, we give infinitely many examples of BB-groups which are not BSBS-groups.

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@article{arxiv.2410.22998,
  title  = {Notes on $B$-groups},
  author = {Ilia Ponomarenko and Grigory Ryabov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.22998},
  year   = {2024}
}

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6 pages

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