Degenerations and orbits in finite abelian groups

Details Degenerations and orbits in finite abelian groups Degenerations and orbits in finite abelian groups

2010-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/1005.5222v1

Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, Volume 118, Issue 6, August 2011, Pages 1685-1694

Mathematics

Group Theory

14 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.jcta.2011.02.002

A notion of degeneration of elements in groups is introduced. It is used to parametrize the orbits in a finite abelian group under its full automorphism group by a finite distributive lattice. A pictorial description of this lattice leads to an intuitive self-contained exposition of some of the basic facts concerning these orbits, including their enumeration. Given a partition $\lambda$, the lattice parametrizing orbits in a finite abelian p-group of type $\lambda$ is found to be independent of p. The order of the orbit corresponding to each parameter, which turns out to be a polynomial in p, is calculated. The description of orbits is extended to subquotients by certain characteristic subgroups. Each such characteristic subquotient is shown to have a unique maximal orbit.

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