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Factorizations of finite groups

Group Theory 2026-04-23 v5

Abstract

A finite group GG is called kk-factorizable if for every ordered factorization G=a1ak|G|=a_1\cdots a_k into integers each greater than 11 there exist subsets A1,,AkGA_1,\dots,A_k\subseteq G such that Ai=ai|A_i|=a_i for each ii and G=A1AkG=A_1\cdots A_k. The main results are as follows. 1. For every integer k3k\geq3 there exists a finite group GG such that GG is not kk-factorizable. 2. Let GG be a finite group of order 4m4m. If a Sylow 22-subgroup of GG is elementary abelian, all involutions of GG are conjugate, and the centralizer of every involution has a normal Sylow 22-subgroup, then GG has no factorization of the form G=ABCG=ABC with A=C=2|A|=|C|=2 and B=m|B|=m. 3. Only 88 groups of order at most 100100 fail to be kk-factorizable for some kk.

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@article{arxiv.2102.08605,
  title  = {Factorizations of finite groups},
  author = {Mikhail Kabenyuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.08605},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

35 pages; typos corrected; references updated; exposition improved; Theorem 1.2 strengthened; Section 8 substantially reorganized

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