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Regular orbits and p-regular orbits of solvable linear groups

Group Theory 2011-01-19 v1

Abstract

Let VV be a faithful GG-module for a finite group GG and let pp be a prime dividing G|G|. An orbit vGv^G for the action of GG on VV is pp-regular if vGp=G:\bCG(v)p=Gp|v^G|_p=|G:\bC_G(v)|_p=|G|_p. Zhang asks the following question in \cite{Zhang}. Assume that a finite solvable group GG acts faithfully and irreducibly on a vector space VV over a finite field \FF\FF. If GG has a pp-regular orbit for every prime pp dividing G|G|, is it true that GG will have a regular orbit on VV? 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 GG of odd order acts faithfully and irreducibly on a vector space VV over a field of odd characteristic. If GG has a pp-regular orbit for every prime pp dividing G|G|, then GG will have a regular orbit on VV.

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@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}
}
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