NSE characterization of projective special linear group L
5(2)
SHITIANLIU(*)
ABSTRACT - LetGbe a group andv(G) be the set of element orders of G. Let k2v(G) and sk be the number of elements of order k in G. Let nse(G) fskk2v(G)g. In Khatami et al. and Liu,L3(2) andL3(4) are uniquely determined by nse(G). In this paper, we prove that ifGis a group such that nse(G)nse(L5(2)), thenGL5(2).
MATHEMATICSSUBJECTCLASSIFICATION(2010). 20D05, 20D06, 20D20.
KEYWORDS. Element order, projective special linear group, Thompson's problem, number of elements of the same order.
1. Introduction
Here we introduce some notations which will be used. Ifnis an integer, then we denote byp(n) the set of all prime divisors ofn. LetGbe a group.
The set of element orders ofG is denoted byv(G). Letk2v(G) and sk
be the number of elements of order kin G. Let nse(G) fskk2v(G)g.
Let p(G)p(jGj). Let np or np(G) denote the number of the Sylow p subgroupsPpofG. Other notations are standard (see [1]).
A finite groupGis called a simpleKn-group, ifGis a simple group with jp(G)j n. In 1987, J. G. Thompson posed a very interesting problem re- lated to algebraic number fields as follows (see [2]).
(*) Indirizzo dell'A.: School of Science, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, 643000, Zigong Sichuan, P. R. China.
E-mail: [email protected]
The author is supported by the Department of Education of Sichuan Province (Grant No: 12ZB085, 12ZB291 and 13ZA0119) and by the Opening Project of Sichuan Province University Key Laboratory of Bridge Non-destruction Detecting and Engineering Computing (Grant No: 2013QYJ02) and by the Scientific Research Project of Sichuan University of Science and Engineering (Grant No:
2014RC02). The author is very grateful for the helpful suggestions of the referee.
Thompson's Problem.LetT(G) f(n;sn)n2v(G) andsn 2nse(G)g, where sn is the number of elements with order n. Suppose that T(G)T(H) for some (finite?) groupH. IfGis a finite solvable group, is it true thatHis also necessarily solvable?
It was proved that: LetGbe a group and M someKi-group,i3;4, thenGMif and only ifjGj jMjand nse(G)nse(M) (see [3, 4]). And also the groupsA12,A13andL5(2) are characterizable by order and nse (see [5, 6, 7]). Recently, all sporadic simple groups are characterizable by nse and order (see [8]).
Comparing the sizes of elements of same order but disregarding the ac- tual orders of elements inT(G) of theThompson's Problem, in other words, it remains only nse(G), whether can it characterize finite simple groups? Up to now, some groups especially for L2(q), where q7;8;9;11;13, can be characterized by only the set nse(G) (see [9, 10]). The author has proved that the groupsL3(4) andL2(16) are characterizable by nse (see [11, 12] respec- tively).
In this paper, it is shown that the groupL5(2), which the number of the set of the same order is 13, also can be characterized by nse(L5(2)).
2. Some Lemmas
In this section we will give some lemmas used in the proof of the main theorem.
LEMMA 2.1 [14]. Let G be a finite group and m be a positive integer dividingjGj. If Lm(G) fg2Ggm1g, then mjLm(G)j.
LEMMA2.2 [13]. Let G be a finite group and p2p(G)be odd. Suppose that P is a Sylow p-subgroup of G and npsm with(p;m)1. If P is not cyclic, then the number of elements of order n is always a multiple of ps.
LEMMA2.3 [10]. Let G be a group containing more than two elements. If the maximal number s of elements of the same order in G is finite, then G is finite andjGj s(s2 1).
LEMMA 2.4 [15, Theorem 9.3.1]. Let G be a finite solvable group and jGj mn, where mpa11 parr,(m;n)1. Letp fp1; ;prgand hmbe the number of Hall p-subgroups of G. Then hm qb11 qbss satisfies the following conditions for all i2 f1;2; ;sg:
(1) qbii1(mod pj) for some pj.
(2) The order of some chief factor of G is divided byqbii.
To prove GL5(2), we need the structure of simpleKn-groups with n4;5.
LEMMA2.5 [16]. Let G be a simple K4-group. Then G is isomoorphic to one of the following groups:
(1) A7, A8, A9or A10. (2) M11, M12or J2. (3) One of the following:
(a) L2(r), where r is a prime and r2 12a3bvc with a1, b1, c1, and v is a prime greater than3.
(b) L2(2m), where2m 1u,2m13tbwith m2, u, t are primes, t>3, b1.
(c) L2(3m), where 3m14t, 3m 12uc or 3m14tb, 3m 12u, with m2, u, t are odd primes, b1, c1.
(d) One of the following28simple groups: L2(16), L2(25), L2(49), L2(81), L3(4), L3(5), L3(7), L3(8), L3(17), L4(3), S4(4), S4(5), S4(7), S4(9), S6(2), O8(2), G2(3), U3(4), U3(5), U3(7), U3(8), U3(9), U4(3), U5(2), Sz(8), Sz(32),2D4(2)or2F4(2).
LEMMA2.6 [17]. Each simple K5-group is isomorphic to one of the fol- lowing simple groups:
(1) L2(q)withjp(q2 1)j 4.
(2) L3(q)withjp((q2 1)(q3 1))j 4.
(3) U3(q)with q satisfiesjp((q2 1)(q31))j 4.
(4) O5(q)withjp(q4 1)j 4.
(5) Sz(22m1)withjp((22m1 1)(24m21))j 4.
(6) R(q) where q is an odd power of 3 and jp(q2 1)j 3 and jp(q2 q1)j 1.
(7) The following 30 simple groups: A11, A12, M22, J3, HS, He, McL, L4(4), L4(5), L4(7), L5(2), L5(3), L6(2), O7(3), O9(2), PSp6(3), PSp8(2), U4(4), U4(5), U4(7), U4(9), U5(3), U6(2), O8(3), O8(2),3D4(3), G2(4), G2(5), G2(7)or G2(9).
LEMMA 2.7. Let G be a simple Kn-group with n4;5 and 31j jGj j210325731. Then GL2(31)or L5(2).
PROOF. We prove the Lemma by the following two steps.
Step a.Gis a simpleK4-group.
Order consideration rules out the cases (1) and (2) of Lemma 2.5.
So we consider Lemma 2.5(3). We will deal with this with the following cases.
Case 1.GL2(r), wherer2 f5;7;31g.
- Let r5 or 7, then jp(q2 1)j 2, which contradicts jp(q2 1)j 3.
- Letr31, thenjp(q2 1)j 3. So we haveGL2(31).
Case 2.GL2(2m), whereu2 f3;5;7;31g.
- Let u3, then m2 and so 53tb. But the equation has no solution inN, a contradiction.
- Let u5 then the equation 2m 15 has no solution in N, a contradiction.
- Letu7, thenm3, and 2313tb. Thust3 andb1. But t>3, a contradiction.
- Letu31, thenm5, 251311. Thus we haveGL2(25).
But 11j jL2(25)j, a contradiction.
Case 3.GL2(3m)
We will consider the case by the following two subcases.
- Subcase 3.1. 3m14tand 3m 12uc. We can suppose thatt2 f3;5;7;31g
Lett3;5 or 31, the equation 3m14thas no solution. So we rule out the case.
Lett7, thenm3 and so 33 12111, which means 11j jGj, a contradiction.
- Subcase 3.2. 3m14tb and 3m 12u.
We can suppose thatu2 f3;5;7;31g
Letu3;7 or 31, then the equation 3m 12uhas no solution in N, a contradiction.
Letu5, then 3m11, a contradiction.
For the remaining case, considering the order ofGwe can rule out this case.
Step b.Gis a simpleK5-group.
From Lemma 2.6, we will consider the following cases.
LetGL2(q), we can suppose thatq2m;32;5;7;31.
Ifq2m, then we havem6;8;9;10.
Ifm6, then 13 divides the order of G.
Ifm8, then17j jGj. Ifm9, then 19 and 73 belong top(G).
Ifm10, then 11 and 41 belong top(G).
Thus we rule out this case.
Similarly we can rule out the other groups except forL5(2).
From Steps a and b, we have thatGL2(31) orL5(2).
This completes the proof of the Lemma. p
3. Main result and its proof
LetGbe a group such that nse(G)nse(L5(2)), andsnbe the number of elements of ordernofG. By Lemma 2.3 we haveGis finite. We note that snkf(n), wherekis the number of cyclic subgroups of ordern. Also we note that ifn>2, thenf(n) is even. Ifm2v(G), then by Lemma 2.1 and the above discussion, we have
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THEOREM3.1. Let G be a group withnse(G)nse(L5(2)) f1, 6975, 75392, 416640, 476160, 624960, 666624, 833280, 952320, 1249920, 1333248, 1428480, 1935360g, where L5(2) is the projective special linear group of degree 5 over the field of order 2. Then GL5(2).
PROOF. We prove the theorem by first proving that p(G) f2;3;5;7;31g, second showing thatjGj jL5(2)j, and soGL5(2).
B y (1),p(G){2, 3, 5, 7, 31, 41, 373, 624961, 833281, 952321, 1249921, 1333249}. Ifm>2, thenf(m) is even, hences26975, 22p(G).
In the following, we prove that 4162p(G). If 412p(G), then by (1), s411428480. If 2412v(G), then s8262nse (G). Therefore 8262v(G).
Now we consider Sylow 41-subgroupP41acts fixed point freely on the set of elements of order 2, thenjP41j js2(46975), a contradiction. Similarly we can prove that the primes 373, 624961, 833281, 952321, 1249921, and 1333249 do not belong top(G). Hence we havep(G) f2;3;5;7;31g. Fur- thermore, by (1)s375392,s5666624,s7476160 ands311935360.
If 7132v(G), then by (1) 91j1s7s13s91andf(91)js91, and so we haves9162nse(G), a contradiction. Hence 71362v(G).
If 2a12v(G), thenf(2a1)2a1 1js2a1 and so 0a112.
If 5a22v(G), then 0a22. If 522v(G), thens2562nse(G), a con- tradiction. Hence 0a21.
If 7a32v(G), then 0a32. If 722v(G), thens4962nse(G), a con- tradiction. Therefore 0a31.
If 31a4 2v(G), then 0a42. Sinces31262nse(G), then 0a41.
If 3a52v(G), then 0a54.
In the following, we consider p(G) as a subset of f2;3;5;7;31g which contains the prime 2.
Case a.p(G) f2g.
In this case, v(G) f1;2;22; ;212g. But the number of the set of nse(G) is 13, it is easy to have a contradiction since the equation 9999360 75392k1 416640k2 476160k3 624960k4 666624k5 833280k6 952320k71249920k81333248k91428480k101935360k112m, where k1;k2; ;k11;mare nonnegative integers and 0k1k2k3k4::: k110. Then the equation has no solution inN.
Case b.p(G) f2;3g.
If 2a3b2v(G), then by Lemma 2.1, we have 0a11 and 0b4.
We have exp(P3)3, 9, 27 or 81.
Suppose that exp(P3)3, then by Lemma 2.1, we have thatjP3j j1 s3(79393) and sojP3j j9.
Let jP3j 3. Then n3s3=f(3)75392=2261931, which means19;312p(G), a contradiction.
Let jP3j 9. Then 9999360 75392k1 416640k2 476160k3 624960k4666624k5833280k6952320k71249920k81333248k9
1428480k10 1935360k112m32, where k1;k2; ;k11;m;n are nonnegative integers and0k1k2 k3k4 :::k1136. So 1562401178k16510k27440k39765k410416k513020k6 14880k719530k8 20832k922320k1030240k112m 632and since31(504038k1210k2240k3315k4336k5420k6480k7
630k8672k9720k10)30240k112m 632, the equation has no solution inN.
Suppose that exp(P3)9, then by Lemma 2.1,jP3j j1s3s9and so jP3j j27.
Let jP3j 9, then s9 1249920;624960;1428480;1935360 and so n3s9=f(9). It follows that52p(G), a contradiction.
Let jP3j 27, then by Lemma 2.2, we have s91935360, and so n3s9=f(9). We also have that52p(G), a contradiction.
Suppose that exp(P3)27, then if jP3j 27 and by Lemma 2.1, s271244920;1935360 and so n3s27=f(27). It follows that 52p(G), a contradiction. If jP3j 34, then similarly as the Case ``exp(P3)3 and jP3j 9'', we also can rule out these cases.
Suppose that exp(P3)81, thens811935360 and son3s81=f(81) 7680, it follows that 52p(G). IfjP3j 243, then by Lemma 2.2,s8181t for some integert, but the equation has no solution inN.
Case c.p(G) f2;5g
Since 5262v(G), then by Lemma 2.1,jP5j j1s5(5333125) and so jP5j j125.
Let jP5j 5, then n5s5=f(5)283731. It follows that 3;7;312p(G), a contradiction.
LetjP5j52. Then by Lemma 2.2,s525tfor some integert, but the equation has no solution inN.
Case d.p(G) f2;7g.
Since 7262v(G), then jP7j j1 s7(12481) and so jP7j j7. So n7s7=f(7)7936029331, which means 3;312p(G), a contra- diction.
Case e.p(G) f2;31g
Since 31262v(G), then exp(P31)31. Then jP31j j1 s31 and so jP31j 31. Sincen31s31=f(31)210327, 3;72p(G), a contradiction.
Case f. p(G) isequal tof2;3;5g,f2;5;7g,f2;5;31g,f2;3;5;7g,f2;3;5;31g orf2;5;7;31g.
Similarly as the Case c, we also get a contradiction.
Case g.p(G) f2;3;7g, orp(G) f2;7;31g
Similarly as the Case d or Case e, we get a contradiction.
Case h.p(G) f2;3;5;7;31g.
We have known, as for Cases c and d, thatjP7j 7 andjP31j 31.
Step 1. jGj 210325731, jGj 2103352731, jGj 21132 5731, andjGj 2113352731.
We show that 5762v(G).
If 572v(G), setPandQare Sylow 7-subgroups ofG, thenPandQ are conjugate in G and so CG(P) and CG(Q) are also conjugate in G.
Therefore we have s35 f(35)n7k, where k is the number of cyclic subgroups of order 5 in CG(P7). As n7s7=f(7)476160=62080, 7936024js15. We haves3562nse(G). We conclude that 3562v(G). It fol-
lows that the Sylow 5-groupP5 ofGacts fixed point freely on the set of elements of order 7,jP5j js7, and sojP5j 5.
We show that 23162v(G).
If 2312v(G), setPandQare Sylow 31-subgroups ofG, thenPandQ are conjugate in G and so CG(P) and CG(Q) are also conjugate in G.
Therefore we have s62f(62)n31k, where k is the number of cyclic subgroups of order 2 inCG(P31). Asn31s31=f(31)1935360=3064512, 64512js15 and so s62s31. On the other hand, 62j1 s2 s31 s62(3870721), we also get a contradiction. We conclude that 23162v(G).
It follows that the Sylow 2-group ofGacts fixed point freely on the set of elements of order 31, and sojP2j js31(1935360). ThusjP2j j211.
We show that 53162v(G).
If 5312v(G), then s155f(155)n31k, where k is the number of cyclic subgroups of order 5 inCG(P31), and so 7849440js155. So we have s155 62nse(G), a contradiction. Hence 53162v(G). Similarly we can prove that 33162v(G) and sojP3j js31. ThusjP3j j33.
Therefore jGj 2m3n5731. But P
sk2nse(G)sk999936021032 57312m3n5731. Hence we have that jGj 210325731, jGj 210335731,jGj 211325731, andjGj 211335731.
Step 2.GL5(2).
In this step, we first prove that there are no groups such that jGj 210335731, jGj 211325731, and jGj 211335731 with nse(G)nse(L5(2)), thenjGj 210325731 and nse(G)nse(L5(2)), it follows, from [6] thatGL5(2).
LetjGj 210335731 with nse(G)nse(L5(2)).
IfGis soluble, then by Lemma 2.4, for every primep,ppi 1(modq) for some q. Thus we have 51(mod 13), a contradiction. SoG is insoluble.
Therefore we can suppose thatGhas a normal series 1/K/L/Gsuch that L=Kis isomorphic to a simpleKi-group withi3;4;5 as 52;72and 312do not divide the order ofG.
IfL=Kis isomorphic to a simpleK3-group, then by [18],L=K is iso- morphic toA5,A6,L2(7),L2(8),U3(3) orU4(2).
- If L=KA5, then by [1], n3(L=K)n3(A5)10, and so n3(G)10t for some integer t with 3j6t. Hence the number of elements of order 3 inGis:s320t75392. But the equation has no solution inN, a contradiction.
- Similarly, for the groupsA6,L2(7),L2(8),U3(3) andU4(2), we also can rule out these cases.
If L=K is isomorphic to a simple Kn-group with n4;5, then by Lemma 2.7,L=Kis isomorphic toL2(31) orL5(2).
- IfL=KL2(31), then from [1],n31(L=K)n3(L2(31))32, and so n31(G)32tfor some integer t with 31j6t. Hence the number of elements of order 31 inGiss3132t30960tand sot2016. So 25327j jKj j25327, HencejKj 25327, andjNK(P31)j 1.
So K\NG(P31)K\CG(P31), which means that KjP31 is a Frobenius group and sojP31jjAut(K)j, a contradiction.
- IfL=K L5(2), setGG=K andLL=K. Then
L3(4)LLCG(L)=CG(L)G=CG(L)NG(L)=CG(L)Aut(L) Set M fxKjxK2CG(L)g, then G=MG=CG(L) and so L5(2)G=MAut(L5(2)). ThereforeG=Mis isomorphic toL5(2) or 2:L5(2)
IfG=ML5(2), thenjMj 3 and soMZ(G). Hence Ghas an element of order 331, a contradiction.
IfG=M2:L5(2), order consideration rules out this case.
Similarly as the arguments of ``jGj 210335731 with nse(G) nse(L5(2))'', we can rule out these cases: jGj 211325731, and jGj 211335731 with nse(G)nse(L5(2)).
Therefore we havejGj 210325731 jL5(2)jand by assumption nse(G)nse(L5(2)), then by [6], we haveGL5(2).
This completes the proof. p
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