On the Hughes problem for exponent \(p^ 2\) (Q790245)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3847652
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    On the Hughes problem for exponent \(p^ 2\)
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3847652

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      On the Hughes problem for exponent \(p^ 2\) (English)
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      If G is a finite group and p a prime, define \(H_{p^ 2}(G)=<x\in G| \quad x^{p^ 2}\neq 1>.\) Assuming that G is not a p-group, p is odd and a Sylow p-subgroup of G is metabelian, it is shown that \(| G:H_{p^ 2}(G)| \leq p^ p.\) The bound is best possible.
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      Hughes problem
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      metabelian Sylow p-subgroup
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