International Journal of Algebra, Vol. 6, 2012, no. 14, 697 - 704
The Nilpotency Class of Fitting Subgroups of Groups with Basis Property
M. Alkadhi, A. Al Khalaf and M. Quick
Al-Imam University, KSA St-Andrews University Scotland, UK [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Abstract
A group G is called group with basis property if for any subgroup H of G there exists a basis, i.e. a minimal generating set such that any two bases of H are equivalent. We show that any group with basis property is Frobenies group with kernel p-group P = Fit(G) and complement q-group
Keywords: group with basis property, nilpotency class, Fitting subgroup, Frobenius group
1 Introduction
It is well-known that for a nitely generated vector space, all its minimal gen- erating sets have same cardinality. It is a rather rare phenomenon in other algebraic structures, though, to have a dimension. For example consider the abelian groupZ6 it has both {1} and {2, 3} as minimal generating sets. 698 M. Alkadhi, A. Al Khalaf and M. Quick
2 Preliminaries
Definition 2.1 An inverse semigroup (in particular a group) S is called an inverse semigroup with basis property, if each two minimal (irreducible) gener- ating sets (with respect to inclusion) of an arbitrary subsemigroup H of S are equivalent i.e., they have the same cardinality [7].
Example 2.2 vector space, free module over principal ring, free commutative semigroup, and free inverse semigroup.
In[8] some properties of groups with basis property were stated among them the followings:
1. Any group with basis property is a periodic group, i.e. each element has finite order.
2. Any group with basis property is solvable.
3. Any finite p-group P is a group with basis property.
4. A Homomorphic image of any finite group with basis property is also a group with basis property.
5. Every abelian p-group P has basis property.
In [1] we have showed that any group with basis property is quasiprimary, meaning that the order of any of its elements is either a power of prime number p or a power of another prime number p = q. Even though every finite p-group is satisfies basis property, the reverse is not true in general. In [4] it was shown that every finite quasiprimary non-primary solvable group has order paqb; p = q, a, b ∈ N and in this case it is an extension p-group P = Fit(G)by a group H,where H is one of the following types:
1. H is a cyclic q-group with order qb;
2. H is a generalized quaternion group;
3. H is a polycyclic (metacyclic) group.
Moreover any automorphism on P induced by q-element from G \ H is regular.Thus the class of quasiprimary solvable group- including groups with basis property - has been determined to have an obvious form. In [2], and [3]we showed that the last two cases above do not satisfy basis property, which mean that any finite group with basis property which is not p-group, must be a semidirect product of p-groupP by a cyclic q-group
• Frattini subgroups : Φ0(P )=P, Φ1(P )=Φ(P ),...,Φj+1(P ) = Φ(Φj (P ))
1 2 • Quotient Frattini subgroups of a group P : P0 = P/Φ(P ),P1 =Φ(P )/Φ (P ),...,Pj = j j+1 Φ (P )/Φ (P ), where j =0,...,jp and jp = max{j ||Pj| > 1}
We can consider the quotient Frattini subgroup as vector space over the field GF (p). In [1] we proved the following theorem:
Theorem 2.3 Let a finite group G be a semidirect product of a p-group P = Fit(G) (Fitting subgroup) of G by a cyclic q−group
Lemma 2.4 Let G be a group with basis property which is not p-group. Then G is Frobenius group with kernel p-group P and its complenent group is cyclic group
We saw before that any group with basis property is a Frobenius group with kernel a Fitting subgroup Fit(G)=P and its complement is a cyclic group.So we can use known results for the nilpotency class of the kernel in a Frobenius group to describe the nilpotency class of the Fitting subgroup of the group with basis property. As was shown in[12],[14], [15], in general the nilpotency class of Fitting subgroups of a Frobenius group has no upper bound and it depends on the order of the complement of the Frobenius group. 700 M. Alkadhi, A. Al Khalaf and M. Quick
Lemma 2.5 Let G = Pλ < y > be a Frobenius group such that |
1. If q =2, then P is an abelian group, i.e k(2) = 1.
2. If q =3, then P is a metaabelian group, i.e k(3) = 2.
3. If q =5, then k(5) = 6.
4. If q =7, then k(7) = 12.
q−1 q2−1 ≤ ≤ (q−1)2 −1 5. If q is odd number, then 4 k(q) q−2 .
6. If pc = εqb +1 such that ε ∈{1, 2}, b, c ∈ N, then P is an abelian group.
7. If P is not an abelian group, then pc ≥ 27.
Proof. Let G = Pλ < y > be a Frobenius group, then:
1. In [16] showed that if a regular automorphism of order 2 can be defined on a p-group P , then P must be abelian, resulting that k(2) = 1.
2. In [12] it is proved that if q =3, then P is a metaabelian group, resulting that k(3) = 2.
3. In [18] it was shown that if q =5, then the nilpotency class of P is 6, resulting that k(5) = 6.
4. In [6] it shown that if q =7, then the nilpotency class of P is 12, resulting k(7) = 12.
q2−1 ≤ 5. In [18] it was shown that 4 k(q) for any odd prime number and in q−1 ≤ (q−1)2 −1 [14] it is proved that k(q) q−2 .
6. Since the automorphism ϕy induced by q- element y is acting on normal subgroup P is regular, so
7. In [9],[10] it is shown that in case if P is n ot abelian, then pc ≥ 27.
Lemma 2.6 For any prime numbers p and q we have: pq−1 ≡ 1(modq) , i.e. q − 1=min{s ∈ N : ps ≡ 1(modq)} [17]. The nilpotency class of fitting subgroups 701
Theorem 2.7 Let G be a finite group with basis property which is not a p- group, then the nilpotency class of the Fitting subgroup Fit(G) has no upper bound. Moreover there exists a finite group with basis property for each prime number q>2, such that: c(Fit(G)) = q − 1,
f(x)=xq−1 + xq−2 + ... + x +1∈ GF (p)[x], over the field GF (p). By [11] The polynomial f(x) is irreducible over GF (p). We will construct the group satisfying basis property which has the nilpotency class q − 1.Let P = UT(q,GF(pq−1)), i.e., P is the upper triangular group We know from [15] that P is nilpotent group with nilpotency class q − 1 . From [15]. P is Sylow subgroup of the general linear group GF (q,GF(pq−1)), so that P is a p- group.By lemma 2.6 we have q|pq−1 − 1 , hence the multi- plicative group of GF (pq−1) contains a subgroup of order q .Let
q−1 x S = {d1,d2, ..., dq):di ∈ GF (p ) ,i=1, ..., q}
We consider the diagonal matrrix group
H = diag(d1,d2, ..., dq) so |H| = q.LetG =
−m m ϕhm : A → h Ah ,A∈ P
We will show that G is satisfies basis property. Let hm ∈ H , where m = 1, ..., q − 1 and I = A ∈ P .Put
K =
λ : Z[x] → Zp[x],
λ(g(x)) = f(x)=xq−1 + xq−2 + ... + x +1∈ GF (p)[x], 702 M. Alkadhi, A. Al Khalaf and M. Quick f(x) is irreducible polynomial over GF (p) and it divides xq − 1 but does not divide x − 1. By [11] the automorphism ϕhm is regular then we have: q−1 q−2 ϕhm (A)ϕhm (A)ϕhm (A)A = I ∈ φ(K), where φ(K) is the Frattini subgroup of K.LetghmA(x) is the polynomial of op- erator ϕhm , where A = I, remains the same on all quotient Frattini subgroups, thus: ghmA(x)=g(x), meaning that the representation is isotopic, i.e. the group G satisfies the basis property. Corollary 2.8 Let G be a finite group with basis property and let q be a prime divisor of the order of the complement Frobenius subgroup. If kˆ(q) an upper bound of the nilpotency class of Fit(G),then kˆ(q) ≥ q − 1.
Example 2.9 Let G = A4, then: 1. G satisfies the basis property. 2. cF it(G)) = 2.
Let G = A4, then: 2 1. We know that |A4| =12=2 · 3. It is a semidirect product of the 2- group K by the 3-group
ϕy : K → K; −1 ϕy : α → y αy, 3 α ∈ K such that ϕy = idK and ϕy = α; α ∈ K \{(i)} We have the equation: 3 2 (ϕy − idK)(α)=(ϕ − idK)(ϕ + ϕ + idK)(α)=0. α ∈ K\{()} Because the operator (ϕ−idK) is regular, then (ϕ−idK) =0 and (ϕ2 + ϕ + idK)(α)=0, and the irreducible polynomial Z2 + Z +1 over the field GF (2) is minimal polynomial of the operator ϕ for all nonzero vectors of K.Ifα ∈ K and u ∈ A4 \ K, then the automorphism −1 ϕu : α → u αu is regular and induces an irreducible hence isotopic representation, then conditions in the theorem2.3 for basis property are satisfied, hence A4 is group with basis property. 2. To show cF it(G)) = 2, just consider the normal series:
< (i) > K A4, . The nilpotency class of fitting subgroups 703
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Received: February, 2012