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Cyclic and dihedral constructions of even order

Aleš Drápal (2003)

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

Let G ( ) and G ( * ) be two groups of finite order n , and suppose that they share a normal subgroup S such that u v = u * v if u S or v S . Cases when G / S is cyclic or dihedral and when u v u * v for exactly n 2 / 4 pairs ( u , v ) G × G have been shown to be of crucial importance when studying pairs of 2-groups with the latter property. In such cases one can describe two general constructions how to get all possible G ( * ) from a given G = G ( ) . The constructions, denoted by G [ α , h ] and G [ β , γ , h ] , respectively, depend on a coset α (or two cosets β and γ ) modulo S , and on an...

Equations in simple matrix groups: algebra, geometry, arithmetic, dynamics

Tatiana Bandman, Shelly Garion, Boris Kunyavskiĭ (2014)

Open Mathematics

We present a survey of results on word equations in simple groups, as well as their analogues and generalizations, which were obtained over the past decade using various methods: group-theoretic and coming from algebraic and arithmetic geometry, number theory, dynamical systems and computer algebra. Our focus is on interrelations of these machineries which led to numerous spectacular achievements, including solutions of several long-standing problems.

Factoring an odd abelian group by lacunary cyclic subsets

Sándor Szabó (2010)

Discussiones Mathematicae - General Algebra and Applications

It is a known result that if a finite abelian group of odd order is a direct product of lacunary cyclic subsets, then at least one of the factors must be a subgroup. The paper gives an elementary proof that does not rely on characters.

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