English

Restrictions on sets of conjugacy class sizes in arithmetic progressions

Group Theory 2020-09-14 v1

Abstract

We continue the investigation, that began in [3] and [4], into finite groups whose set of nontrivial conjugacy class sizes form an arithmetic progression. Let GG be a finite group and denote the set of conjugacy class sizes of GG by cs(G){\rm cs}(G). Finite groups satisfying cs(G)={1,2,4,6}{\rm cs}(G) = \{1,2,4,6\} and {1,2,4,6,8}\{1,2,4,6,8\} are classified in [4] and [3], respectively, we demonstrate these examples are rather special by proving the following. There exists a finite group GG such that cs(G)={1,2α,2α+1,2α3}{\rm cs}(G) = \{1, 2^{\alpha}, 2^{\alpha+1}, 2^{\alpha}3 \} if and only if α=1\alpha =1. Furthermore, there exists a finite group GG such that cs(G)={1,2α,2α+1,2α3,2α+2}{\rm cs}(G) = \{1, 2^{\alpha}, 2^{\alpha +1}, 2^{\alpha}3, 2^{\alpha +2}\} and α\alpha is odd if and only if α=1\alpha=1.

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@article{arxiv.2009.05355,
  title  = {Restrictions on sets of conjugacy class sizes in arithmetic progressions},
  author = {Alan R. Camina and Rachel D. Camina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.05355},
  year   = {2020}
}