Cosets of normal subgroups and union of two conjugacy classes

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2025.08.009MaRDI QIDQ6907124zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Antonio Beltrán

Publication date 4 November 2025

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2025.08.009

zbMATH Keywords

charactersconjugacy classescosets of normal subgroupsfinite simple groupssimple group of Lie typeSteinberg character

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45)

Review text

Let \(N\) be a normal subgroup of a finite group \(G\). Any non-trivial coset of \(N\) is contained in the union of some conjugacy classes of \(G\) and in earlier papers it was proven that if it is contained in only one conjugacy class of \(G\) or a class and the class of its inverses, then \(N\) is solvable [\textit{R. Guralnick} and \textit{G. Navarro}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 144, No. 5, 1939--1945 (2016; Zbl 1346.20037), Theorem B; \textit{A. Beltrán}, Monatsh. Math. 201, No. 2, 349--358 (2023; Zbl 1514.20106)]. Here, the author considers the case where two conjugacy classes are needed to cover a non-trivial coset.\N\NHe first translates the question into a character-theoretic problem and obtains more restrictions on the groups \(N\) and \(G\) involved when a non-principal irreducible character of \(N\) can be extended to an irreducible character of \(G\). In particular, if such a character exists, it is unique. Using the classification of finite simple groups and previous results, he shows that when \(N\) in this situation is not solvable, then any non-abelian chief factor of \(N\) is isomorphic to the direct product of finite simple groups of Lie type in odd characteristic. In this case, the Steinberg character is used to obtain a character which has the properties needed to extend form \(N\) to \(G\). The paper ends with some examples illustrating the various possible situations.

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