The second maximal groups with respect to the sum of element orders

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Abstract: Denote by G a finite group and let psi(G) denote the sum of element orders in G. In 2009, H.Amiri, S.M.Jafarian Amiri and I.M.Isaacs proved that if |G|=n and G is non-cyclic, then psi(G)<psi(Cn), where Cn denotes the cyclic group of order n. In 2018 we proved that if G is non-cyclic group of order n, then psi(G)leqfrac711psi(Cn) and equality holds if n=4k with (k,2)=1 and G=(C2imesC2)imesCk. In this paper we proved that equality holds if and only if n and G are as indicated above. Moreover we proved the following generalization of this result: Theorem 4. Let q be a prime and let G be a non-cyclic group of order n, with q being the least prime divisor of n. Then psi(G)leqfrac((q21)q+1)(q+1)q5+1psi(Cn), with equality if and only if n=q2k with (k,q)=1 and G=(CqimesCq)imesCk. Notice that if q=2, then frac((q21)q+1)(q+1)q5+1=frac711.









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