A generalization of the Burnside basis theorem.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2013.11.005MaRDI QIDQ405803zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul Apisa, Benjamin Klopsch

Publication date 8 September 2014

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.6137

zbMATH Keywords

basesBurnside basis theoremfinite groupsmatroidsminimal generating sets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

Abstract: A B-group is a group such that all its minimal generating sets (with respect to inclusion) have the same size. We prove that the class of finite B-groups is closed under taking quotients and that every finite B-group is solvable. Via a complete classification of Frattini-free finite B-groups we obtain a general structure theorem for finite B-groups. Applications include new proofs for the characterization of finite matroid groups and the classification of finite groups with the basis property.

Review text

A group \(G\) is said to have property \(\mathcal B\) if all its minimal generating sets have the same size. The authors prove that every finite \(\mathcal B\)-group is solvable. More precisely a finite group \(G\) is a \(\mathcal B\)-group if and only if one of the following holds: (1) \(G\) is a \(p\)-group; (2) \(G\) is a semidirect product of an elementary abelian \(p\)-group \(P\) and a non trivial cyclic \(q\)-group \(Q\), where \(p\) and \(q\) are distinct primes, \(Q\) acts faithfully on \(P\) and \(P\) is a direct sum of isomorphic copies of one simple \(Q\)-module. Applications include a small variation of the characterization of matroid groups given by \textit{R. Scapellato} and \textit{L. Verardi} [Boll. Unione Mat. Ital., VII. Ser., A 5, No. 2, 187-194 (1991; Zbl 0788.20019)] and a new proof of the classification given by \textit{J. McDougall-Bagnall} and \textit{M. Quick} [J. Algebra 346, No. 1, 332-339 (2011; Zbl 1247.20040)] of the finite groups all of whose subgroups have property \(\mathcal B\).

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