English

On solvable groups with one vanishing class size

Group Theory 2020-08-17 v3

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group, and let cs(G)(G) be the set of conjugacy class sizes of GG. Recalling that an element gg of GG is called a \emph{vanishing element} if there exists an irreducible character of GG taking the value 00 on gg, we consider one particular subset of cs(G)(G), namely, the set vcs(G)(G) whose elements are the conjugacy class sizes of the vanishing elements of GG. Motivated by the results in \cite{BLP}, we describe the class of the finite groups GG such that vcs(G)(G) consists of a single element \emph{under the assumption that GG is supersolvable or GG has a normal Sylow 22-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}.

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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

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