Regular orbits and p-regular orbits of solvable linear groups
Abstract
Let be a faithful -module for a finite group and let be a prime dividing . An orbit for the action of on is -regular if . Zhang asks the following question in \cite{Zhang}. Assume that a finite solvable group acts faithfully and irreducibly on a vector space over a finite field . If has a -regular orbit for every prime dividing , is it true that will have a regular orbit on ? In \cite{LuCao}, L\"{u} and Cao construct an example showing that the answer to this question is no, however the example itself is not correct. In this paper, we study Zhang's question in detail. We construct examples showing that the answer to this question is no in general. We also prove the following result. Assume a finite solvable group of odd order acts faithfully and irreducibly on a vector space over a field of odd characteristic. If has a -regular orbit for every prime dividing , then will have a regular orbit on .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1101.3376,
title = {Regular orbits and p-regular orbits of solvable linear groups},
author = {Thomas Michael Keller and Yong Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.3376},
year = {2011}
}