Products of conjugacy classes in finite and algebraic simple groups

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2012-02-13

arxiv.org/abs/1202.2627v3

Mathematics

Group Theory

36 pages

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We prove the Arad-Herzog conjecture for various families of finite simple groups- if A and B are nontrivial conjugacy classes, then AB is not a conjugacy class. We also prove that if G is a finite simple group of Lie type and A and B are nontrivial conjugacy classes, either both semisimple or both unipotent, then AB is not a conjugacy class. We also prove a strong version of the Arad-Herzog conjecture for simple algebraic groups and in particular show that almost always the product of two conjugacy classes in a simple algebraic group consists of infinitely many conjugacy classes. As a consequence we obtain a complete classification of pairs of centralizers in a simple algebraic group which have dense product. In particular, there are no dense double cosets of the centralizer of a noncentral element. This result has been used by Prasad in considering Tits systems for psuedoreductive groups. Our final result is a generalization of the Baer-Suzuki theorem for p-elements with p a prime at least 5.

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