Class sizes of prime-power order p'-elements and normal subgroups

Abstract

We prove an extension of the renowned Itô’s theorem on groups having two class sizes in three different directions at the same time: normal subgroups, p′p′-elements and prime-power order elements. Let NN be a normal subgroup of a finite group GG and let pp be a fixed prime. Suppose that |xG|=1|xG|=1 or mm for every qq-element of NN and for every prime q≠pq≠p. Then, NN has nilpotent pp-complements.We are very grateful to the referee, who provided us a significant simplification of the last step of the proof of the main theorem and for many comments which have contributed to improve the paper. C. G. Shao wants to express his deep gratitude for the warm hospitality he has received in the Departamento de Matematicas of the Universidad Jaume I in Castellon, Spain. This research is supported by the Valencian Government, Proyecto PROMETEO/2011/30, by the Spanish Government, Proyecto MTM2010-19938-C03-02. The third author is supported by the research Project NNSF of China (Grant Nos. 11201401 and 11301218) and University of Jinan Research Funds for Doctors (XBS1335 and XBS1336).Beltrán, A.; Felipe Román, MJ.; Shao, C. (2015). Class sizes of prime-power order p'-elements and normal subgroups. Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. 194(5):1527-1533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10231-014-0432-4S152715331945Akhlaghi, Z., Beltrán, A., Felipe, M.J.: The influence of $$p$$ p -regular class sizes on normal subgroups. J. Group Theory. 16, 585–593 (2013)Alemany, E., Beltrán, A., Felipe, M.J.: Nilpotency of normal subgroups having two $$G$$ G -class sizes. Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 139, 2663–2669 (2011)Alemany, E., Beltrán, A., Felipe, M.J.: Finite groups with two $$p$$ p -regular conjugacy class lengths II. Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 797, 419–425 (2009)Beltrán, A., Felipe, M.J.: Normal subgroups and class sizes elements of prime-power order. Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 140, 4105–4109 (2012)Beltrán, A.: Action with nilpotent fixed point subgroup. Arch. Math. (Basel) 69, 177–184 (1997)Camina, A.R.: Finite groups of conjugate rank 2. Nagoya Math. J. 53, 47–57 (1974)Casolo, C., Dolfi, S., Jabara, E.: Finite groups whose noncentral class sizes have the same $$p$$ p -part for some prime $$p$$ p . Isr. J. Math. 192, 197–219 (2012)Huppert, B.: Character Theory of Finite groups, vol. 25. De Gruyter Expositions in Mathemathics, Berlin, New York (1998)Kleidman, P., Liebeck, M.: The Subgroup Structure of The Finite Classical Groups. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, 129. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1990)Kurzweil, K., Stellmacher, B.: The Theory of Finite Groups. An Introduction. Springer, New York (2004)The GAP Group, GAP—Groups, Algorithms and Programming, Vers. 4.4.12 (2008). http://www.gap-system.orgVasiliev, A.V., Vdovin, E.P.: An adjacency criterion for the prime graph of a finite simple group. Algebra Logic 44(6), 381–406 (2005