Finite groups with exactly two conjugacy classes of the same order

DOI10.1216/RMJM/1020171567MaRDI QIDQ5948859zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christopher M. Boner, Michael B. Ward

Publication date 12 November 2001

Published in Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://math.la.asu.edu/~rmmc/rmj/Vol31-2/CONT31-2/CONT31-2.html

zbMATH Keywords

conjugacy classes sizessupersolvable groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) General structure theorems for groups (20E34) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45)

Review text

Inspired by \textit{F. M. Markel}'s conjecture [J. Algebra 26, 69-74 (1973; Zbl 0274.20030)] asserting that \(S_3\) is the only finite group whose conjugacy classes all have different size, the authors consider finite groups \(G\) with \(G'\) nilpotent and satisfying the condition that exactly two conjugacy classes of \(G\) have the same size. They prove that \(Z_2\), \(A_4\) and \(D_{10}\) are the only groups satisfying these requirements. The proof is long but elementary and easy to follow.

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