Solvable and non-solvable finite groups of the same order type
Group Theory
2025-06-18 v2
Abstract
We construct two finite groups of size : a solvable group and a non-solvable group , such that for every integer the groups have the same number of elements of order . This answers a question posed in 1987 by John G. Thompson.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2403.02197,
title = {Solvable and non-solvable finite groups of the same order type},
author = {Paweł Piwek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.02197},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
9 pages; added a section on how these examples were found