Fixed conjugacy classes of normal subgroups and the k(GV)-problem

Details Fixed conjugacy classes of normal subgroups and the k(GV)-problem Fixed conjugacy classes of normal subgroups and the k(GV)-problem

2005-04-28

arxiv.org/abs/math/0504574v1

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Group Theory

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We establish several new bounds for the number of conjugacy classes of a finite group, all of which involve the maximal number c of conjugacy classes of a normal subgroup fixed by some element of a suitable subset of the group. To apply these formulas effectively, the parameter c, which in general is hard to control, is studied in some important situations. These results are then used to provide a new, shorter proof of the most difficult case of the well-known k(GV)-problem, which occurs for p=5 and V induced from the natural module of a 5-complement of GL(2,5). We also show how, for large p, the new results reduce the k(GV)-problem to the primitive case, thereby improving previous work on this. Furthermore, we discuss how they can be used in tackling the imprimitive case of the as of yet unsolved noncoprime k(GV)-problem.

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