Variations on the Baer-Suzuki theorem.

DOI10.1007/S00209-014-1399-YzbMATH Open1321.20018arXiv1310.5909OpenAlexW2080153586MaRDI QIDQ2339677FDOQ2339677

Robert Guralnick, Gunter Malle

Publication date: 2 April 2015

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Baer--Suzuki theorem says that if $p$ is a prime, $x$ is a $p$-element in a finite group $G$ and $langlex,x^{g}angle$ is a $p$-group for all $ginG$, then the normal closure of $x$ in $G$ is a $p$-group. We consider the case where $x^g$ is replaced by $y^g$ for some other $p$-element $y$. While the analog of Baer--Suzuki is not true, we show that some variation is. We also answer a closely related question of Pavel Shumyatsky on commutators of conjugacy classes of $p$-elements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5909

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zbMATH Keywords

commutatorsfinite groupsconjugacy classesalmost simple groups\(p\)-subgroups\(p\)-elementsnilpotent normal subgroupsBaer-Suzuki theoremnormal subsets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sylow subgroups, Sylow properties, (pi)-groups, (pi)-structure (20D20) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15) Commutator calculus (20F12)

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