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On conjygacy classes in groups

Group Theory 2023-03-21 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a group. Write G=G{1}G^{*}=G\setminus \{1\}. An element xx of GG^{*} will be called deficient if x<CG(x) \langle x\rangle < C_G(x) and it will be called non-deficient if x=CG(x).\langle x\rangle = C_G(x). If xGx\in G is deficient (non-deficient), then the conjugacy class xGx^G of xx in GG will be also called deficient (non-deficient). Let jj be a non-negative integer. We shall say that the group GG has defect jj, denoted by GD(j)G\in D(j) or by the phrase "GG is a D(j)D(j)-group", if exactly jj non-trivial conjugacy classes of GG are deficient. We first determine all finite D(0)D(0)-groups and D(1)D(1)-groups. Then we deal with arbitrary D(0)D(0)-groups and D(1)D(1)-groups: we find properties of arbitrary D(0)D(0)-groups and D(1)D(1)-groups, which force these groups to be finite.

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@article{arxiv.2303.11027,
  title  = {On conjygacy classes in groups},
  author = {Marcel Herzog and Patrizia Longobardi and Mercede Maj},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.11027},
  year   = {2023}
}
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