Flexibility in generating sets of finite groups

DOI10.1007/S00013-021-01691-0zbMATH Open1497.20038arXiv2111.12534OpenAlexW4206967995MaRDI QIDQ2113940FDOQ2113940

Scott Harper

Publication date: 14 March 2022

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let G be a finite group. It has recently been proved that every nontrivial element of G is contained in a generating set of minimal size if and only if all proper quotients of G require fewer generators than G. It is natural to ask which finite groups, in addition, have the property that any two elements of G that do not generate a cyclic group can be extended to a generating set of minimal size. This note answers the question. The only such finite groups are very specific affine groups: elementary abelian groups extended by a cyclic group acting as scalars.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.12534

zbMATH Keywords

basesfinite groupsgenerating setsspread

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

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