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Let $G$ be a connected algebraic group. An unrefinable chain of $G$ is a chain of subgroups $G = G_0 > G_1 > \cdots > G_t = 1$, where each $G_i$ is a maximal connected subgroup of $G_{i-1}$. We introduce the notion of the length…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-05-28 Timothy C. Burness , Martin W. Liebeck , Aner Shalev

We show that the finiteness length of an $S$-arithmetic subgroup $\Gamma$ in a noncommutative isotropic absolutely almost simple group $G$ over a global function field is one less than the sum of the local ranks of $G$ taken over the places…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-18 Kai-Uwe Bux , Ralf Köhl , Stefan Witzel

Let $G$ be a finite group and $d$ the degree of a complex irreducible character of $G$, then write $|G|=d(d+e)$ where $e$ is a nonnegative integer. We prove that $|G|\leq e^4-e^3$ whenever $e>1$. This bound is best possible and improves on…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Nguyen Ngoc Hung , Mark L. Lewis , Amanda A. Schaeffer Fry

Let $n$ be a positive integer and $G(n)$ denote the number of non-isomorphic finite groups of order $n$. It is well-known that $G(n) = 1$ if and only if $(n,\phi(n)) = 1$, where $\phi(n)$ and $(a, b)$ denote the Euler's totient function and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-22 A. R. Ashrafi , E. Haghi

Let $\pi$ be a set of primes containing $2$ and an odd prime $p$. It is proved that if a finite group $G$ has a Hall $\pi$-subgroup $H$, then the non-$p$-soluble length of $G$ is bounded above by the generalized Fitting height of $H$. The…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Evgeny Khukhro , Pavel Shumyatsky

Let $G$ be a finite group and $\sigma_1(G)=\frac{1}{|G|}\sum_{H\leq G}\,|H|$. Under some restrictions on the number of conjugacy classes of (non-normal) maximal subgroups of $G$, we prove that if $\sigma_1(G)<\frac{117}{20}\,$, then $G$ is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-23 Marius Tărnăuceanu

Let $G$ be a finite group written multiplicatively. By a sequence over $G$, we mean a finite sequence of terms from $G$ which is unordered, repetition of terms allowed, and we say that it is a product-one sequence if its terms can be…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-11-13 D. J. Grynkiewicz

In this paper, we provide new criteria for the solvability and supersolvability of a finite group based on its number of cyclic subgroups. A finite group G is called n-cyclic if it contains n cyclic subgroups. This paper also partially…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Angsuman Das , Khyati Sharma

We say that a class of finite structures for a finite first-order signature is $r$-compressible if each structure $G$ in the class has a first-order description of size at most $O(r(|G|))$. We show that the class of finite simple groups is…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-04-29 Andre Nies , Katrin Tent

The Davenport constant for a finite abelian group $G$ is the minimal length $\ell$ such that any sequence of $\ell$ terms from $G$ must contain a nontrivial zero-sum sequence. For the group $G=(\mathbb Z/n\mathbb Z)^2$, its value is $2n-1$,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-23 David J. Grynkiewicz

We prove that $d(G) \log |G| = O(n^2 \log q)$ for irreducible subgroups $G$ of GL$(n,q)$, and estimate the associated constants. The result is motivated by attempts to bound the complexity of computing the automorphism groups of various…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-12-01 Derek Holt , Gareth Tracey

Given a finite-dimensional faithful representation $V$ of a linearly reductive group $G$ over a field $K=\bar K$, we consider the growth of the number of irreducible factors of $V^{\otimes n}$ when $n$ is large. We prove that there exist…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Michael J. Larsen

We prove that an element $g$ of prime order $>3$ belongs to the solvable radical $R(G)$ of a finite (or, more generally, a linear) group if and only if for every $x\in G$ the subgroup generated by $g, xgx^{-1}$ is solvable. This theorem…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2009-03-27 Nikolai Gordeev , Fritz Grunewald , Boris Kunyavskii , Eugene Plotkin

A $\lambda$-quiddity of size $n$ is an $n$-tuple of elements from a fixed set, which is a solution to a matrix equation that arises in the study of Coxeter's friezes. The study of these solutions involves in particular the use of a notion…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Flavien Mabilat

If $g\in G$ is a non-trivial element in a residually finite group, then there exists by definition a finite group $Q$ and a homomorphism $\varphi: G \to Q$ such that $\varphi(g) \neq e$. The residual finiteness growth $\text{RF}_G$ of a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-27 Jonas Deré , Joren Matthys

Let $n$ be a non negative integer, and define $D_n$ to be the family of all finite groups having precisely $n$ conjugacy classes of nontrivial subgroups that are not self-normalizing. We are interested in studying the behavior of $D_n$ and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-28 Mariagrazia Bianchi , Rachel D. Camina , Mark L. Lewis , Emanuele Pacifici , Lucia Sanus

We prove that if the average of the degrees of the irreducible characters of a finite group $G$ is less than 16/5, then $G$ is solvable. This solves a conjecture of I.M. Isaacs, M. Loukaki, and the first author. We discuss related…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-12-06 Alexander Moretó , Hung Ngoc Nguyen

Let \(G\) be a finite group, and let \(\Delta(G)\) denote the \emph{prime graph} built on the set of degrees of the irreducible complex characters of \(G\). It is well known that, whenever \(\Delta(G)\) is connected, the diameter of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-19 Carlo Casolo , Silvio Dolfi , Emanuele Pacifici , Lucia Sanus

Consider a nonsolvable finite group G, where R(G) represents the solvable radical of G. For any element x in G, the solvabilizer of x in G, denoted by Sol_G(x), is defined as the set of all elements y in G such that the subgroup generated…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-06 Banafsheh Akbari , Tuval Foguel , Jack Schmidt

We describe finite soluble groups in which every $n$-maximal subgroup is $\mathfrak F$-subnormal.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-05-06 Vika A. Kovaleva , Alexander N. Skiba