On p-groups with a maximal elementary abelian normal subgroup of rank k

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2024.02.026MaRDI QIDQ6203802zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zoltán Halasi, Károly Podoski, Laszló Pyber, Endre Szabó

Publication date 8 April 2024

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.02037

zbMATH Keywords

\(p\)-rank of a \(p\)-groupsize of a minimal set of generators for a linear group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15) Special subgroups (Frattini, Fitting, etc.) (20D25)

Abstract: There are several results in the literature concerning $p$-groups $G$ with a maximal elementary abelian normal subgroup of rank $k$ due to Thompson, Mann and others. Following an idea of Sambale we obtain bounds for the number of generators etc. of a $2$-group $G$ in terms of $k$, which were previously known only for $p>2$. We also prove a theorem that is new even for odd primes. Namely, we show that if $G$ has a maximal elementary abelian normal subgroup of rank $k$, then for any abelian subgroup $A$ the Frattini subgroup $Phi(A)$ can be generated by $2k$ elements ($3k$ when $p=2$). The proof of this rests upon the following result of independent interest: If $V$ is an $n$-dimensional vector space, then any commutative subalgebra of End$(V)$ contains a zero algebra of codimension at most $n$.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a finite \(p\)-group and \(d(G)\) the size of minimal set of generators \(G\). The \(p\)-rank \(r(G)\) of \(G\) is defined as \(r(G)=\max \{d(A) \mid A \leq G, A \text{ abelian } \}\). Following an idea of \textit{B. Sambale} [Arch. Math. 103, No. 1, 11--20 (2014; Zbl 1335.20020)], the authors obtain bounds for the number of generators of a \(2\)-group \(G\) in terms of \(r(G)=k\), which were previously known only for \(p > 2\). They also prove a theorem that is new even for odd primes. Namely, they show that if \(G\) has a maximal elementary abelian normal subgroup of rank \(k\), then for any abelian subgroup \(A \leq G\), the Frattini subgroup \(\Phi(A)\) can be generated by \(2k\) elements (\(3k\) when \(p = 2\)).

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