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On the average order of a finite group

Group Theory 2022-11-01 v1

Abstract

Let o(G)o(G) be the average order of a finite group GG. We show that if o(G)<co(G)<c, where c{136,114}c\in \lbrace \frac{13}{6}, \frac{11}{4}\rbrace, then GG is an elementary abelian 2-group or a solvable group, respectively. Also, we prove that the set containing the average orders of all finite groups is not dense in [a,)[a, \infty), for all a[0,136]a\in [0, \frac{13}{6}]. We also outline some results related to the integer values of the average order. Since group element orders is a popular research topic, we pose some open problems concerning the average order of a finite group throughout the paper.

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@article{arxiv.2210.16666,
  title  = {On the average order of a finite group},
  author = {Mihai-Silviu Lazorec and Marius Tărnăuceanu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.16666},
  year   = {2022}
}

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accepted for publication; 12 pages