On solvable groups with one vanishing class size
Abstract
Let be a finite group, and let cs be the set of conjugacy class sizes of . Recalling that an element of is called a \emph{vanishing element} if there exists an irreducible character of taking the value on , we consider one particular subset of cs, namely, the set vcs whose elements are the conjugacy class sizes of the vanishing elements of . Motivated by the results in \cite{BLP}, we describe the class of the finite groups such that vcs consists of a single element \emph{under the assumption that is supersolvable or has a normal Sylow -subgroup} (in particular, groups of odd order are covered). As a particular case, we also get a characterization of finite groups having a single vanishing conjugacy class size \emph{which is either a prime power or square-free}.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2005.03757,
title = {On solvable groups with one vanishing class size},
author = {Mariagrazia Bianchi and Rachel D. Camina and Mark L. Lewis and Emanuele Pacifici},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.03757},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
16 pages - revised according to referee's report