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Schur's exponent conjecture -- counterexamples of exponent 5 and exponent 9

Group Theory 2020-08-18 v1

Abstract

There is a long-standing conjecture attributed to I Schur that if GG is a finite group with Schur multiplier M(G)M(G) then the exponent of M(G)M(G) divides the exponent of GG. It is easy to see that this conjecture holds for exponent 2 and exponent 3, but it has been known since 1974 that the conjecture fails for exponent 4. In this note I give an example of a group GG with exponent 5 with Schur multiplier M(G)M(G) of exponent 25, and an example of a group AA of exponent 9 with Schur multiplier M(A)M(A) of exponent 27.

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@article{arxiv.2008.06848,
  title  = {Schur's exponent conjecture -- counterexamples of exponent 5 and exponent 9},
  author = {Michael Vaughan-Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.06848},
  year   = {2020}
}

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