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In this paper, we study the structures of finite groups using some arithmetic conditions on the sizes of real conjugacy classes. We prove that a finite group is solvable if the prime graph on the real class sizes of the group is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-06 Hung P. Tong-Viet

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

For a finite non-abelian group $G$ let $\rat(G)$ denote the largest ratio of degrees of two nonlinear irreducible characters of $G$. We prove that the number of non-abelian composition factors of $G$ is bounded above by…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-26 Mark L. Lewis , Hung Ngoc Nguyen

In this paper, we classify those finite groups with exactly two supercharacter theories. We show that the solvable groups with two supercharacter theories are $\mathbb{Z}_3$ and $S_3$. We also show that the only nonsolvable group with two…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-14 Shawn Burkett , Jonathan Lamar , Mark L. Lewis , Casey Wynn

In this short note, it is proved that both the number of primitive characters and the number of quasi-primitive characters in a finite group $G$ is divisible by $|G:G'|$, where $G'$ is the derived subgroup of $G$.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-01 Riad Youmbai , Gang Chen

In the high rank limit, the fraction of non-zero character table entries of finite simple groups of Lie type goes to zero.

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-11 Michael J. Larsen , Alexander R. Miller

We show that finite quasisimple groups of Lie type in characteristic $p$ with an irreducible representation of prime degree $r$ over a finite field of characteristic $p$ have orders bounded above by a function of $r$, independent of $p$. We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-06 D. L. Flannery , A. E. Zalesski

Let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field with $q$ elements, where $q$ is the power of an odd prime, and let $\mathrm{GSp}(2n, \mathbb{F}_q)$ and $\mathrm{GO}^{\pm}(2n, \mathbb{F}_q)$ denote the symplectic and orthogonal groups of similitudes…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2009-08-18 C. Ryan Vinroot

The classification of irreducible, spherical characters of the infinite-dimensional unitary/orthogonal/symplectic groups can be obtained by finding all possible limits of normalized, irreducible characters of the corresponding…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-18 Cesar Cuenca , Vadim Gorin

We show that for every positive integer $n$ there exists a simple group that is of type $\mathrm{F}_{n-1}$ but not of type $\mathrm{F}_n$. For $n\ge 3$ these groups are the first known examples of this kind. They also provide infinitely…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-23 Rachel Skipper , Stefan Witzel , Matthew C. B. Zaremsky

Let $G$ be a finite group of order divisible by a prime $p$. The number of $p$-regular and $p'$-regular conjugacy classes of $G$ is at least $2\sqrt{p-1}$. Also, the number of $p$-rational and $p'$-rational irreducible characters of $G$ is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Nguyen Ngoc Hung , Attila Maroti

If $G$ is a solvable group and $p$ is a prime, then the Fong-Swan theorem shows that given any irreducible Brauer character $\phi$ of $G$, there exists a character $\chi \in \irrg$ such that $\chi^o = \phi$, where $^o$ denotes the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-12-19 James P. Cossey , Mark L. Lewis

We say that a finite group $G$ satisfies the independence property if, for every pair of distinct elements $x$ and $y$ of $G$, either $\{x,y\}$ is contained in a minimal generating set for $G$ or one of $x$ and $y$ is a power of the other.…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Saul D. Freedman , Andrea Lucchini , Daniele Nemmi , Colva M. Roney-Dougal

A remarkable result of Thompson states that a finite group is soluble if and only if its two-generated subgroups are soluble. This result has been generalized in numerous ways, and it is in the core of a wide area of research in the theory…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-12 P. Hauck , L. S. Kazarin , A. Martínez-Pastor , M. D. Pérez-Ramos

We investigate prime character degree graphs of solvable groups. In particular, we consider a family of graphs $\Gamma_{k,t}$ constructed by adjoining edges between two complete graphs in a one-to-one fashion. In this paper we determine…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-15 Mark W. Bissler , Jacob Laubacher

Let $G$ be a finite group, $p$ a prime and $B$ a Brauer $p$-block of $G$ with defect group $D$. We prove that if the number of irreducible ordinary characters in $B$ is $5$ then $D\cong C_5, C_7, D_8$ or $Q_8$, assuming that the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-08 J. Miquel Martínez , Noelia Rizo , Lucia Sanus

Let G be a finite group and ? be an irreducible character of G, the number cod(?) = jG : Let $ G $ be a finite group and $ \chi $ be an irreducible character of $ G $, the number $ \cod(\chi) = |G: \kernel(\chi)|/\chi(1) $ is called the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Zeinab Akhlaghi , Mehdi Ebrahimi , Maryam Khatami

The average order of a finite group G is denoted by o(G). In this note, we classify groups whose average orders are less than o(S4), where S4 is the symmetric group on four elements. Moreover, we prove that G \cong S4 if and only if o(G) =…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Ashkan Zarezadeh , Behrooz Khosravi , Zeinab Akhlaghi

Given a finite group $G$, we denote by $\nu(G)$ the probability that two randomly chosen elements of $G$ generate a nilpotent subgroup. We prove that if $\nu(G)>1/12,$ then $G$ is solvable.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Andrea Lucchini

Let $G$ be a group, let $d$ be a character degree, and let $e$ be the integer so that $|G| = d(d+e)$. It has been shown when $e > 1$ that $|G| \le e^4 - e^3$. In this paper, we consider the groups where $|G| = e^4 - e^3$. It is known that…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Sara Jensen , Mark L. Lewis