Let A be a multiplicative subgroup of $\mathbb{Z}{*}_p$. Define the k-fold sumset of A to be $kA=x_1+...+x_k:x_i\in A,1\le i\le k$. We show that $6A\supseteq \mathbb{Z}{*}_p$ for $\left|A\right|>p^{11/23+ϵ}$. In addition, we extend a result of Shkredov to show that ${\left|2A\right|\gg \left|A\right|}^{8/5-ϵ}$ for $\left|A\right|\ll p^{5/9}$.

A subgroup $H$ of a finite group $G$ is said to be $ss$-supplemented in $G$ if there exists a subgroup $K$ of $G$ such that $G=HK$ and $H\cap K$ is $s$-permutable in $K$. In this paper, we first give an example to show that the conjecture in A. A. Heliel’s paper (2014) has negative solutions. Next, we prove that a finite group $G$ is solvable if every subgroup of odd prime order of $G$ is $ss$-supplemented in $G$, and that $G$ is solvable if and only if every Sylow subgroup of odd order of $G$ is $ss$-supplemented in $G$. These results...

Let $N$ be a normal subgroup of a group $G$. The structure of $N$ is given when the $G$-conjugacy class sizes of $N$ is a set of a special kind. In fact, we give the structure of a normal subgroup $N$ under the assumption that the set of $G$-conjugacy class sizes of $N$ is $(p_{1n_1}^{a_{1n_1}},\cdots ,p_{11}^{a_{11}},1)\times \cdots \times (p_{r{n}_r}^{a_{r{n}_r}},\cdots ,p_{r1}^{a_{r1}},1)$, where $r>1$, $n_i>1$ and $p_{ij}$ are distinct primes for $i\in \{1,2,\cdots ,r\}$, $j\in \{1,2,\cdots ,n_i\}$.

A theorem of Burnside asserts that a finite group $G$ is $p$-nilpotent if for some prime $p$ a Sylow $p$-subgroup of $G$ lies in the center of its normalizer. In this paper, let $G$ be a finite group and $p$ the smallest prime divisor of $\left|G\right|$, the order of $G$. Let $P\in {\mathrm{Syl}}_p\left(G\right)$. As a generalization of Burnside’s theorem, it is shown that if every non-cyclic $p$-subgroup of $G$ is self-normalizing or normal in $G$ then $G$ is solvable. In particular, if $P\ncong \langle a,b|a^{p^{n-1}}=1,b^2=1,b^{-1}ab=a^{1+p^{n-2}}\rangle$, where $n\ge 3$ for $p>2$ and $n\ge 4$ for $p=2$, then $G$ is $p$-nilpotent or $p$-closed. ...

Let $G$ be a finite group, $p$ the smallest prime dividing the order of $G$ and $P$ a Sylow $p$-subgroup of $G$ with the smallest generator number $d$. There is a set ${ℳ}_d\left(P\right)=\{P_1,P_2,\cdots ,P_d\}$ of maximal subgroups of $P$ such that ${\bigcap }_{i=1}^d{P}_i=\Phi \left(P\right)$. In the present paper, we investigate the structure of a finite group under the assumption that every member of ${ℳ}_d\left(P\right)$ is either $s$-permutably embedded or weakly $s$-permutable in $G$ to give criteria for a group to be $p$-supersolvable or $p$-nilpotent.

Let $G$ be a group. If every nontrivial subgroup of $G$ has a proper supplement, then $G$ is called an $aS$-group. We study some properties of $aS$-groups. For instance, it is shown that a nilpotent group $G$ is an $aS$-group if and only if $G$ is a subdirect product of cyclic groups of prime orders. We prove that if $G$ is an $aS$-group which satisfies the descending chain condition on subgroups, then $G$ is finite. Among other results, we characterize all abelian groups for which every nontrivial quotient group...

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $p$. Let $G$ be a finite group of order divisible by $p$ and $P$ a $p$-Sylow subgroup of $G$. We describe the kernel of the restriction homomorphism $T\left(G\right)\to T\left(P\right)$, for $T\left(-\right)$ the group of endotrivial representations. Our description involves functions $G\to k^{\times }$ that we call weak $P$-homomorphisms. These are generalizations to possibly non-normal $P\le G$ of the classical homomorphisms $G/P\to k^{\times }$ appearing in the normal case.