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On Boolean intervals of finite groups

Group Theory 2018-02-28 v7 Combinatorics Operator Algebras Quantum Algebra Representation Theory

Abstract

We prove a dual version of {\O}ystein Ore's theorem on distributive intervals in the subgroup lattice of finite groups, having a nonzero dual Euler totient φ^\hat{\varphi}. For any Boolean group-complemented interval, we observe that φ^=φ0\hat{\varphi} = \varphi \neq 0 by the original Ore's theorem. We also discuss some applications in representation theory. We conjecture that φ^\hat{\varphi} is always nonzero for Boolean intervals. In order to investigate it, we prove that for any Boolean group-complemented interval [H,G][H,G], the graded coset poset P^=C^(H,G)\hat{P} = \hat{C}(H,G) is Cohen-Macaulay and the nontrivial reduced Betti number of the order complex Δ(P)\Delta(P) is φ^\hat{\varphi}, so nonzero. We deduce that these results are true beyond the group-complemented case with G:H<32|G:H|<32. One observes that they are also true when HH is a Borel subgroup of GG.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1604.06765,
  title  = {On Boolean intervals of finite groups},
  author = {Mamta Balodi and Sebastien Palcoux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.06765},
  year   = {2018}
}

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16 pages; shortened version

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