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The sectional number of a group homomorphism

Group Theory 2025-09-22 v1

Abstract

We explore the notion of sectional number of a group homomorphism, leading to a generalization of the covering number of a group, and present several characterizations when the sectional number is finite, providing estimates for computing this invariant.

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@article{arxiv.2509.15407,
  title  = {The sectional number of a group homomorphism},
  author = {Cesar A. Ipanaque Zapata and Joe Palacios},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.15407},
  year   = {2025}
}

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