Splitting via noncommutativity

Abstract: Let

G

be a nonabelian group and

n

a natural number. We say that

G

has a strict

n

-split decomposition if it can be partitioned as the disjoint union of an abelian subgroup

A

and

n

nonempty subsets

B_{1}, B_{2}, l d o t s, B_{n}

, such that

| B_{i} | > 1

for each

i

and within each set

B_{i}

, no two distinct elements commute. We show that every finite nonabelian group has a strict

n

-split decomposition for some

n

. We classify all finite groups

G

, up to isomorphism, which have a strict

n

-split decomposition for

n = 1, 2, 3

. Finally, we show that for a nonabelian group

G

having a strict

n

-split decomposition, the index

| G : A |

is bounded by some function of

n

.

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