Nilpotent covers and non-nilpotent subsets of finite groups of Lie type

DOI10.1515/FORUM-2013-0176zbMATH Open1354.20017arXiv1305.3748OpenAlexW2219616894WikidataQ115236425 ScholiaQ115236425MaRDI QIDQ889606FDOQ889606

Authors: Azizollah Azad, John R. Britnell, Nick Gill 

Publication date: 9 November 2015

Published in: Forum Mathematicum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a finite group, and $c$ an element of $mathbbZcupinfty$. A subgroup $H$ of $G$ is said to be {it $c$-nilpotent} if it is nilpotent, and has nilpotency class at most $c$. A subset $X$ of $G$ is said to be {it non-$c$-nilpotent} if it contains no two elements $x$ and $y$ such that the subgroup $<x,y>$ is $c$-nilpotent. In this paper we study the quantity $omeg{a}_c(G)$, defined to be the size of the largest non-$c$-nilpotent subset of $L$. In the case that $L$ is a finite group of Lie type, we identify covers of $L$ by $c$-nilpotent subgroups, and we use these covers to construct large non-$c$-nilpotent sets in $L$. We prove that for groups $L$ of fixed rank $r$, there exist constants $D_r$ and $E_r$ such that $D_{r}Nleqomeg{a}_{i}nfty(L)leq{E}_{r}N$, where $N$ is the number of maximal tori in $L$. In the case of groups $L$ with twisted rank 1, we provide exact formulae for $omeg{a}_c(L)$ for all $cinmathbbZcupinfty$. If we write $q$ for the level of the Frobenius endomorphism associated with $L$ and assume that $q>5$, then $omeg{a}_{i}nfty(G)$ may be expressed as a polynomial in $q$ with coefficients in $0,1$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.3748

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zbMATH Keywords

Lie groupcovernon-nilpotent subsets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15)

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