Concerning equally covered groups

DOI10.24330/IEJA.1567377MaRDI QIDQ7022303zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Tuval Foguel, Ali Reza Moghaddamfar, Jack Schmidt, Andrew Velasquez-Berroteran

Publication date 25 February 2025

Published in International Electronic Journal of Algebra (IEJA) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.24330/IEJA.1567377

zbMATH Keywords

Cartesian powerequally covered groupsimple group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Simple groups: sporadic groups (20D08)

Review text

A group \(G\) is defined to be covered by proper subgroups \(H_1, H_2, \dots, H_n\) if\N\[\NG = H_1 \cup H_2 \cup \dots \cup H_n.\N\]\NSuch a covering is called equal if all \(H_i\) have the same order. The authors establish several fundamental results on this topic, demonstrating in particular that for any finite group \(G\), some Cartesian power \(G^n\) has an equal covering for some integer \(n\).\N\NThe study begins with a formal definition of equal coverings and their refinements, such as equal partitions and equal strict \(S\)-partitions. Various structural constraints on the components of equal coverings are derived, including conditions on the orders and intersections of the covering subgroups. The analysis then turns to properties of equal coverings in Cartesian powers of groups, proving that if \(G\) is non-perfect, then \(G^2\) admits an equal covering. The function \(\xi(G)\) is introduced to denote the minimal integer \(n\) such that \(G^n\) has an equal covering and bounds on \(\xi(G)\) are provided for various classes of groups.\N\NIn the final section, the authors prove that finite simple groups can not possess equal coverings. This result is obtained by analyzing the structure of maximal subgroups and their intersections.

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