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On finite groups whose every proper normal subgroup is a union of a given number of conjugacy classes

Group Theory 2007-08-07 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group and AA be a normal subgroup of GG. We denote by ncc(A)ncc(A) the number of GG-conjugacy classes of AA and AA is called nn-decomposable, if ncc(A)=nncc(A)=n. Set KG={ncc(A)AG}{\cal K}_G = \{ncc(A)| A \lhd G \}. Let XX be a non-empty subset of positive integers. A group GG is called XX-decomposable, if KG=X{\cal K}_G = X. Ashrafi and his co-authors \cite{ash1,ash2,ash3,ash4,ash5} have characterized the XX-decomposable non-perfect finite groups for X={1,n}X = \{1, n \} and n10n \leq 10. In this paper, we continue this problem and investigate the structure of XX-decomposable non-perfect finite groups, for X={1,2,3}X = \{1, 2, 3 \}. We prove that such a group is isomorphic to Z6,D8,Q8,S4Z_6, D_8, Q_8, S_4, SmallGroup(20, 3), SmallGroup(24, 3), where SmallGroup(m,n)(m,n) denotes the mmth group of order nn in the small group library of GAP \cite{gap}.

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@article{arxiv.math/0503030,
  title  = {On finite groups whose every proper normal subgroup is a union of a given number of conjugacy classes},
  author = {Ali Reza Ashrafi and Geetha Venkataraman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0503030},
  year   = {2007}
}

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