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Intersection of conjugate solvable subgroups in finite classical groups

Group Theory 2022-10-06 v2

Abstract

We consider the following problem stated by Vdovin (2010) in the "Kourovka notebook" (Problem 17.41): Let HH be a solvable subgroup of a finite group GG that has no nontrivial solvable normal subgroups. Do there always exist five conjugates of HH whose intersection is trivial? This problem is closely related to a conjecture by Babai, Goodman and Pyber (1997) about an upper bound for the index of a normal solvable subgroup in a finite group. In particular, a positive answer to Vdovin's problem yields that if GG has a solvable subgroup of index nn, then it has a solvable normal subgroup of index at most n5n^5. The problem was reduced by Vdovin (2012) to the case when GG is an almost simple group. Let GG be an almost simple group with socle isomorphic to a simple linear, unitary or symplectic group. For all such groups GG we provide a positive answer to Vdovin's problem.

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@article{arxiv.1703.00124,
  title  = {Intersection of conjugate solvable subgroups in finite classical groups},
  author = {Anton A. Baykalov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.00124},
  year   = {2022}
}
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