Extension of elementary p-groups and its application in classification of groups of prime exponent

Publication date 28 March 2020

Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21) Matrix pencils (15A22) Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15) Cohomology of groups (20J06)

Abstract: Let

p

be a prime number and

m a t h b b Z_{p} = m a t h b b Z / p m a t h b b Z

. We study finite groups with abelian derived subgroup and exponent

p

in terms of group extension data and their matrix presentations. We show a one-to-one correspondence between the following two sets: (i) the isoclasses of class 2 groups of exponent

p

and order

p^{m + n}

and with derived subgroup

m a t h b b Z_{p}^{n}

, and (ii) the set

e x t G r (n, e x t {A S}_{m} (m a t h b b Z_{p})) / e x t {G L}_{m} (m a t h b b Z_{p})

of orbits of

e x t G r (n, e x t {A S}_{m} (m a t h b b Z_{p}))

under the congruence action by

e x t {G L}_{m} (m a t h b b Z_{p})

, where

e x t G r (n, e x t {A S}_{m} (m a t h b b Z_{p}))

is the set of

n

-dimensional subspaces of anti-symmetric matrices of order

m

over

m a t h b b Z_{p}

. We give a description of the orbit spaces

e x t G r (2, e x t {A S}_{m} (m a t h b b Z_{p})) / e x t {G L}_{m} (m a t h b b Z_{p})

for all

m

and

p

by applying the theory of pencils of anti-symmetric matrices. Based on this, we show complete sets of representatives of orbits of

e x t G r (3, e x t {A S}_{4} (m a t h b b Z_{3})) / e x t {G L}_{4} (m a t h b b Z_{3})

,

e x t G r (4, e x t {A S}_{4} (m a t h b b Z_{3})) / e x t {G L}_{4} (m a t h b b Z_{3})

and

e x t G r (3, e x t {A S}_{5} (m a t h b b Z_{3})) / e x t {G L}_{5} (m a t h b b Z_{3})

. As a consequence, we obtain a classification of corresponding class 2 groups of exponent

p

. In particular, we recover the classification of groups with exponent 3 and order

l e 3^{8}

.

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