On the number of simple K₄ groups

DOI10.1007/S41980-019-00350-ZMaRDI QIDQ826575zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shaohua Zhang, Shi Wujie

Publication date 5 January 2021

Published in Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.8079

zbMATH Keywords

Dickson's conjectureexponential Diophantine equationsimple \(K_4\)-groupZsigmondy's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Counting solutions of Diophantine equations (11D45) Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05)

Abstract: In this paper, by solving Diophantine equations involving simple $K_4$-groups, we will try to point out that it is not easy to prove the infinitude of simple $K_4$-groups. This problem goes far beyond what is known about Dickson's conjecture at present.

Review text

Assume that \(a,b\) are natural numbers and \(p,q\) are prime numbers such that \(>3\). If \(1<c \in \mathbb{N}\) then in the paper under review it is shown that the Diophantine equation \(p^2-1=2^a 3^b q^c\) has only two solutions, namely, \((p, q, a, b, c)=(97, 7, 6, 1, 12)\) and \((p, q, a, b, c)=(577, 17, 7, 2, 2)\). Note that this Diophantine equation involves simple \(K_4\)-groups. The proof is based on Zsigmondy's theorem and a series of lemmas exist in the literature. Since the Diophantine equation in the paper under review is closely related with the infinitude of simple \(K_4\)-groups, the paper concludes with a careful analysis through Dickson's conjecture. As a conclusion, they show that it is not easy to prove the infinitude of simple \(K_4\)-groups.

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