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Sylow subgroups for distinct primes and intersection of nilpotent subgroups

Group Theory 2026-01-30 v3

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group and let (Pi)i=1n(P_i)_{i=1}^n be Sylow subgroups for distinct primes p1,,pnp_1,\ldots,p_n. We conjecture that there exists xGx \in G such that PiPixP_i \cap P_i^x is inclusion-minimal in {PiPig:gG}\{ P_i \cap P_i^g : g \in G\} for all ii. 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.

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@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

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