A Frobenius group analog for Camina triples (Q2215781)

If \(G\) is a (finite) Frobenius group, then there are \(N \trianglelefteq G\) and \(H \leq G\) such that \(G=NH\), \((|N|,|H|)= 1\) and \(C_{G}(x) \leq N\) for all \(x\in N \setminus \{1\}\). In particular, every element of \(G \setminus N\) acts fixed-point-freely on \(N\). One key property of Frobenius groups is that the conjugacy class of any element \(g \in G\setminus N\) is a union of cosets of \(N\). A pair \((G,N)\) is called a Camina pair if \(N\) is a proper, nontrivial normal subgroup of \(G\) where every element \(g\in G \setminus N\) has the property that its conjugacy class is a union of cosets of \(N\). Camina pairs have been generalized further to Camina triples. A Camina triple is a triple \((G,N,M)\) where \(M \leq N\) are nontrivial proper normal subgroups of \(G\) so that every element \(g \in G \setminus N\) satisfies the property that its conjugacy class is a union of cosets of \(M\). In this paper, the authors study groups \(G\) with two nontrivial proper normal subgroups \(M\) and \(N\), with \(M\leq N\), such that every element of \(G \setminus N\) acts fixed-point-freely on \(M\), such a triple \((G,N,M)\) is called a Frobenius triple. In [Math. Nachr. 18, 274--280 (1958; Zbl 0082.02501)], \textit{H. Wielandt} studies finite groups \(G\) possessing a subgroup \(H\) for which every conjugate of \(H\) intersects \(H\) within some fixed normal subgroup \(L\) of \(H\). These triples \((G,H,L)\) have come to be known as Frobenius-Wielandt triples. The main results proven in the article under review are. Theorem A: Let \((G,N,M)\) be a Camina triple. The following are equivalent: (i) \((G, N, M)\) is a Frobenius triple; (ii) \((|G:N|, |M|) =1\); (iii) There exists a subgroup \(H \leq G\) so that \(G=HN\) and \(H \cap M=1\). Theorem B: Let \(M\) and \(N\) be nontrivial, proper normal subgroups of \(G\) satisfying \(M \leq N\). Let \(H \leq G\) such that \(G=HM\) and \(H \cap M = 1\). Then \((G, N, M)\) is a Frobenius triple if and only if \((G,H,H \cap N)\) is Frobenius-Wielandt triple.