Factorizations of groups of small order

Abstract: Let

G

be a finite group and let

A_{1}, l d o t s, A_{k}

be a collection of subsets of

G

such that

G = A_{1} l d o t s A_{k}

is the product of all the

A_{i}

's with

| G | = | A_{1} | l d o t s | A_{k} |

. We write

G = A_{1} c d o t l d o t s c d o t A_{k}

and call this a

k

-fold factorization of

G

of the form

(| A_{1} |, l d o t s, | A_{k} |)

or more briefly an

(| A_{1} |, l d o t s, | A_{k} |)

-factorization of

G

. Let

k g e q 2

be a fixed integer. If

G

has an

(a_{1}, l d o t s, a_{k})

-factorization, whenever

| G | = a_{1} l d o t s a_{k}

with

a_{i} > 1

,

i = 1, l d o t s, k

, we say that

G

is

k

-factorizable. We say that

G

is multifold-factorizable if

G

is

k

-factorizable for any possible integer

k g e q 2

. In this paper we prove that there are exactly

6

non-multifold-factorizable groups among the groups of order at most

60

. Here is their complete list:

A_{4}

,

(C_{2} i m e s C_{2}) t i m e s C_{9}

,

A_{4} i m e s C_{3}

,

(C_{2} i m e s C_{2} i m e s C_{2}) t i m e s C_{7}

,

A_{5}

,

A_{4} i m e s C_{5}

. Some related open questions are presented.

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