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On conjugacy classes and derived length

Group Theory 2009-09-30 v2

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group and AA, BB and DD be conjugacy classes of G G with DAB={xyxA,yB}D\subseteq AB=\{xy\mid x\in A, y\in B\}. Denote by η(AB)\eta(AB) the number of distinct conjugacy classes such that ABAB is the union of those. Set CG(A)={gGxg=xforallxA}{\bf C}_G(A)=\{g\in G\mid x^g=x {for all} x\in A\}. If AB=DAB=D then CG(D)/(CG(A)CG(B)){\bf C}_G(D)/({\bf C}_G(A)\cap{\bf C}_G(B)) is an abelian group. If, in addition, GG is supersolvable, then the derived length of CG(D)/(CG(A)CG(B)){\bf C}_G(D)/({\bf C}_G(A)\cap{\bf C}_G(B)) is bounded above by 2η(AB)2\eta(AB).

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@article{arxiv.0905.1342,
  title  = {On conjugacy classes and derived length},
  author = {Edith Adan-Bante},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.1342},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages. Correction of typos and other misfortunes

R2 v1 2026-06-21T12:59:52.586Z