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Factorizing a Finite Group into Conjugates of a Subgroup

Group Theory 2014-07-23 v1

Abstract

For every non-nilpotent finite group GG, there exists at least one proper subgroup MM such that GG is the setwise product of a finite number of conjugates of MM. We define γcp(G)\gamma_{\text{cp}}\left( G\right) to be the smallest number kk such that GG is a product, in some order, of kk pairwise conjugated proper subgroups of GG. We prove that if GG is non-solvable then γcp(G)36\gamma_{\text{cp}}\left( G\right) \leq36 while if GG is solvable then γcp(G)\gamma_{\text{cp}}\left( G\right) can attain any integer value bigger than 22, while, on the other hand, γcp(G)4log2G\gamma_{\text{cp}}\left( G\right) \leq4\log_{2}\left\vert G\right\vert .

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@article{arxiv.1407.5937,
  title  = {Factorizing a Finite Group into Conjugates of a Subgroup},
  author = {Dan Levy and Martino Garonzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5937},
  year   = {2014}
}

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14 pages

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