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 is a finite group with Schur multiplier then the exponent of divides the exponent of . 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 with exponent 5 with Schur multiplier of exponent 25, and an example of a group of exponent 9 with Schur multiplier 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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