Sylow subgroups for distinct primes and intersection of nilpotent subgroups
Group Theory
2026-01-30 v3
Abstract
Let be a finite group and let be Sylow subgroups for distinct primes . We conjecture that there exists such that is inclusion-minimal in for all . As a first step in this direction, we show that a finite group cannot be covered by (proper) Sylow normalizers for distinct primes. Then we settle the conjecture in two opposite situations: symmetric and alternating groups of large degree and metanilpotent groups of odd order. Applications concerning the intersections of nilpotent subgroups are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2505.21222,
title = {Sylow subgroups for distinct primes and intersection of nilpotent subgroups},
author = {Francesca Lisi and Luca Sabatini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.21222},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
12 pages, to appear in J. Algebra