On the composition length of finite primitive linear groups
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the composition length of finite primitive linear groups
zbMATH Open document ID: 1015.20034
DOI: 10.1007/BF02638376
published in: Archiv der Mathematik
publication date: 2003-03-27T00:00:00Z
review text: An irreducible subgroup \(G\) of \(\text{GL}_K(V)\) is called quasi-primitive if every normal subgroup of \(G\) is homogeneous on \(V\). Let \(K\) be a finite field or a number field, \(V\) a \(K\)-vector space, and \(G\) a finite quasi-primitive subgroup of \(\text{GL}_K(V)\). The authors bound the composition length of \(G\) in terms of the dimension of \(V\) over \(K\) and the degree of \(K\) over its prime subfield. As a by-product, the authors prove a result of number theory which bounds the number of prime factors (counting multiplicities) of \(q^n-1\) (\(q,n\geq 1\) integers), improving a result of \textit{A. Turull} and \textit{A. Zame} [Arch. Math. 55, No. 4, 333-341 (1990; Zbl 0691.10035)].
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20G40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20G30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11N56
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11N05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20D30
zbMATH DE Number: 1889269
zbMATH Keywords: finite quasi-primitive linear groups
zbMATH Keywords: composition lengths
zbMATH Keywords: finite fields
zbMATH Keywords: number fields
zbMATH Keywords: numbers of prime factors
author: Alessandro Languasco
author: F. Menegazzo
author: Marta Morigi
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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cites work: Q3708174
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02638376
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1889269