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NSE characterization of projective special linear group L

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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)ˆ 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)ˆnse(L5(2)), thenGL5(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)ˆ fskk2v(G)g.

Let p(G)ˆp(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 ˆn. 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.

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Thompson's Problem.LetT(G)ˆ f(n;sn)n2v(G) andsn 2nse(G)g, where sn is the number of elements with order n. Suppose that T(G)ˆT(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,iˆ3;4, thenGMif and only ifjGj ˆ jMjand nse(G)ˆnse(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 qˆ7;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)ˆ fg2Ggmˆ1g, 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 nˆpsm with(p;m)ˆ1. 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 ˆmn, where mˆpa11 parr,(m;n)ˆ1. Letpˆ fp1; ;prgand hmbe the number of Hall p-subgroups of G. Then hm ˆqb11 qbss satisfies the following conditions for all i2 f1;2; ;sg:

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(1) qbii1(mod pj) for some pj.

(2) The order of some chief factor of G is divided byqbii.

To prove GL5(2), we need the structure of simpleKn-groups with nˆ4;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 1ˆ2a3bvc with a1, b1, c1, and v is a prime greater than3.

(b) L2(2m), where2m 1ˆu,2m‡1ˆ3tbwith m2, u, t are primes, t>3, b1.

(c) L2(3m), where 3m‡1ˆ4t, 3m 1ˆ2uc or 3m‡1ˆ4tb, 3m 1ˆ2u, 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), O‡8(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 ˆ4.

(2) L3(q)withjp((q2 1)(q3 1))j ˆ4.

(3) U3(q)with q satisfiesjp((q2 1)(q3‡1))j ˆ4.

(4) O5(q)withjp(q4 1)j ˆ4.

(5) Sz(22m‡1)withjp((22m‡1 1)(24m‡2‡1))j ˆ4.

(6) R(q) where q is an odd power of 3 and jp(q2 1)j ˆ3 and jp(q2 q‡1)j ˆ1.

(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), O‡8(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 nˆ4;5 and 31j jGj j210325731. Then GL2(31)or L5(2).

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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.GL2(r), wherer2 f5;7;31g.

- Let rˆ5 or 7, then jp(q2 1)j ˆ2, which contradicts jp(q2 1)j ˆ3.

- Letrˆ31, thenjp(q2 1)j ˆ3. So we haveGL2(31).

Case 2.GL2(2m), whereu2 f3;5;7;31g.

- Let uˆ3, then mˆ2 and so 5ˆ3tb. But the equation has no solution inN, a contradiction.

- Let uˆ5 then the equation 2m 1ˆ5 has no solution in N, a contradiction.

- Letuˆ7, thenmˆ3, and 23‡1ˆ3tb. Thustˆ3 andbˆ1. But t>3, a contradiction.

- Letuˆ31, thenmˆ5, 25‡1ˆ311. Thus we haveGL2(25).

But 11j jL2(25)j, a contradiction.

Case 3.GL2(3m)

We will consider the case by the following two subcases.

- Subcase 3.1. 3m‡1ˆ4tand 3m 1ˆ2uc. We can suppose thatt2 f3;5;7;31g

Lettˆ3;5 or 31, the equation 3m‡1ˆ4thas no solution. So we rule out the case.

Lettˆ7, thenmˆ3 and so 33 1ˆ2111, which means 11j jGj, a contradiction.

- Subcase 3.2. 3m‡1ˆ4tb and 3m 1ˆ2u.

We can suppose thatu2 f3;5;7;31g

Letuˆ3;7 or 31, then the equation 3m 1ˆ2uhas no solution in N, a contradiction.

Letuˆ5, then 3mˆ11, 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.

LetGL2(q), we can suppose thatqˆ2m;32;5;7;31.

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Ifqˆ2m, then we havemˆ6;8;9;10.

Ifmˆ6, then 13 divides the order of G.

Ifmˆ8, then17j jGj. Ifmˆ9, then 19 and 73 belong top(G).

Ifmˆ10, 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 thatGL2(31) orL5(2).

This completes the proof of the Lemma. p

3. Main result and its proof

LetGbe a group such that nse(G)ˆnse(L5(2)), andsnbe the number of elements of ordernofG. By Lemma 2.3 we haveGis finite. We note that snˆkf(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

f(m)jsm mj P

djmsd (

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THEOREM3.1. Let G be a group withnse(G)ˆnse(L5(2))ˆ 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 GL5(2).

PROOF. We prove the theorem by first proving that p(G)ˆ f2;3;5;7;31g, second showing thatjGj ˆ jL5(2)j, and soGL5(2).

B y (1),p(G)ˆ{2, 3, 5, 7, 31, 41, 373, 624961, 833281, 952321, 1249921, 1333249}. Ifm>2, thenf(m) is even, hences2ˆ6975, 22p(G).

In the following, we prove that 4162p(G). If 412p(G), then by (1), s41ˆ1428480. 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(ˆ46975), 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)ˆ f2;3;5;7;31g. Fur- thermore, by (1)s3ˆ75392,s5ˆ666624,s7ˆ476160 ands31ˆ1935360.

If 7132v(G), then by (1) 91j1‡s7‡s13‡s91andf(91)js91, and so we haves9162nse(G), a contradiction. Hence 71362v(G).

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If 2a12v(G), thenf(2a1)ˆ2a1 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)ˆ 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 ‡ 952320k7‡1249920k8‡1333248k9‡1428480k10‡1935360k11ˆ2m, where k1;k2; ;k11;mare nonnegative integers and 0k1‡k2‡k3‡k4‡:::‡ k110. Then the equation has no solution inN.

Case b.p(G)ˆ f2;3g.

If 2a3b2v(G), then by Lemma 2.1, we have 0a11 and 0b4.

We have exp(P3)ˆ3, 9, 27 or 81.

Suppose that exp(P3)ˆ3, then by Lemma 2.1, we have thatjP3j j1‡ s3(ˆ79393) and sojP3j j9.

Let jP3j ˆ3. Then n3ˆs3=f(3)ˆ75392=2ˆ261931, which means19;312p(G), a contradiction.

Let jP3j ˆ9. Then 9999360 ‡ 75392k1 ‡ 416640k2 ‡ 476160k3 ‡ 624960k4‡666624k5‡833280k6‡952320k7‡1249920k8‡1333248k9

‡1428480k10 ‡ 1935360k11ˆ2m32, where k1;k2; ;k11;m;n are nonnegative integers and0k1‡k2 ‡k3‡k4 ‡:::‡k1136. So 156240‡1178k1‡6510k2‡7440k3‡9765k4‡10416k5‡13020k6‡ 14880k7‡19530k8 ‡20832k9‡22320k10‡30240k11ˆ2m 632and since31(5040‡38k1‡210k2‡240k3‡315k4‡336k5‡420k6‡480k7

‡630k8‡672k9‡720k10)‡30240k11ˆ2m 632, the equation has no solution inN.

Suppose that exp(P3)ˆ9, then by Lemma 2.1,jP3j j1‡s3‡s9and so jP3j j27.

Let jP3j ˆ9, then s9 ˆ1249920;624960;1428480;1935360 and so n3ˆs9=f(9). It follows that52p(G), a contradiction.

Let jP3j ˆ27, then by Lemma 2.2, we have s9ˆ1935360, and so n3ˆs9=f(9). We also have that52p(G), a contradiction.

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Suppose that exp(P3)ˆ27, then if jP3j ˆ27 and by Lemma 2.1, s27ˆ1244920;1935360 and so n3ˆs27=f(27). It follows that 52p(G), a contradiction. If jP3j 34, then similarly as the Case ``exp(P3)ˆ3 and jP3j ˆ9'', we also can rule out these cases.

Suppose that exp(P3)ˆ81, thens81ˆ1935360 and son3ˆs81=f(81)ˆ 7680, it follows that 52p(G). IfjP3j 243, then by Lemma 2.2,s81ˆ81t for some integert, but the equation has no solution inN.

Case c.p(G)ˆ f2;5g

Since 5262v(G), then by Lemma 2.1,jP5j j1‡s5(ˆ5333125) and so jP5j j125.

Let jP5j ˆ5, then n5ˆs5=f(5)ˆ283731. It follows that 3;7;312p(G), a contradiction.

LetjP5j52. Then by Lemma 2.2,s5ˆ25tfor some integert, but the equation has no solution inN.

Case d.p(G)ˆ f2;7g.

Since 7262v(G), then jP7j j1 ‡ s7(ˆ12481) and so jP7j j7. So n7ˆs7=f(7)ˆ79360ˆ29331, which means 3;312p(G), a contra- diction.

Case e.p(G)ˆ f2;31g

Since 31262v(G), then exp(P31)ˆ31. Then jP31j j1 ‡ s31 and so jP31j ˆ31. Sincen31ˆs31=f(31)ˆ210327, 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)ˆ f2;3;7g, orp(G)ˆ f2;7;31g

Similarly as the Case d or Case e, we get a contradiction.

Case h.p(G)ˆ f2;3;5;7;31g.

We have known, as for Cases c and d, thatjP7j ˆ7 andjP31j ˆ31.

Step 1. jGj ˆ210325731, jGj ˆ2103352731, jGj ˆ21132 5731, andjGj ˆ2113352731.

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 ˆf(35)n7k, where k is the number of cyclic subgroups of order 5 in CG(P7). As n7ˆs7=f(7)ˆ476160=6ˆ2080, 7936024js15. We haves3562nse(G). We conclude that 3562v(G). It fol-

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lows that the Sylow 5-groupP5 ofGacts fixed point freely on the set of elements of order 7,jP5j js7, and sojP5j ˆ5.

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 s62ˆf(62)n31k, where k is the number of cyclic subgroups of order 2 inCG(P31). Asn31ˆs31=f(31)ˆ1935360=30ˆ64512, 64512js15 and so s62ˆs31. On the other hand, 62j1 ‡ s2 ‡ s31 ‡ s62(ˆ3870721), 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(ˆ1935360). ThusjP2j j211.

We show that 53162v(G).

If 5312v(G), then s155ˆf(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 ˆ2m3n5731. But P

sk2nse(G)skˆ9999360ˆ21032 57312m3n5731. Hence we have that jGj ˆ210325731, jGj ˆ210335731,jGj ˆ211325731, andjGj ˆ211335731.

Step 2.GL5(2).

In this step, we first prove that there are no groups such that jGj ˆ 210335731, jGj ˆ211325731, and jGj ˆ211335731 with nse(G)ˆnse(L5(2)), thenjGj ˆ210325731 and nse(G)ˆnse(L5(2)), it follows, from [6] thatGL5(2).

LetjGj ˆ210335731 with nse(G)ˆnse(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 withiˆ3;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=KA5, then by [1], n3(L=K)ˆn3(A5)ˆ10, and so n3(G)ˆ10t for some integer t with 3j6t. Hence the number of elements of order 3 inGis:s3ˆ20tˆ75392. 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.

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If L=K is isomorphic to a simple Kn-group with nˆ4;5, then by Lemma 2.7,L=Kis isomorphic toL2(31) orL5(2).

- IfL=KL2(31), then from [1],n31(L=K)ˆn3(L2(31))ˆ32, and so n31(G)ˆ32tfor some integer t with 31j6t. Hence the number of elements of order 31 inGiss31ˆ32t30ˆ960tand sotˆ2016. So 25327j jKj j25327, HencejKj ˆ25327, andjNK(P31)j ˆ1.

So K\NG(P31)ˆK\CG(P31), which means that KjP31 is a Frobenius group and sojP31jjAut(K)j, a contradiction.

- IfL=K L5(2), setGˆG=K andLˆL=K. Then

L3(4)LLCG(L)=CG(L)G=CG(L)ˆNG(L)=CG(L)Aut(L) Set Mˆ fxKjxK2CG(L)g, then G=MG=CG(L) and so L5(2)G=MAut(L5(2)). ThereforeG=Mis isomorphic toL5(2) or 2:L5(2)

IfG=ML5(2), thenjMj ˆ3 and soMˆZ(G). Hence Ghas an element of order 331, a contradiction.

IfG=M2:L5(2), order consideration rules out this case.

Similarly as the arguments of ``jGj ˆ210335731 with nse(G)ˆ nse(L5(2))'', we can rule out these cases: jGj ˆ211325731, and jGj ˆ211335731 with nse(G)ˆnse(L5(2)).

Therefore we havejGj ˆ210325731ˆ jL5(2)jand by assumption nse(G)ˆnse(L5(2)), then by [6], we haveGL5(2).

This completes the proof. p

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Toute utilisation commerciale ou impression systématique est constitutive d’une infrac- tion pénale.. Toute copie ou impression de ce fichier doit contenir la présente mention

present Note is to show that if we take up the semi-natural frame of reference, we can find out curvature tensors and their laws of transformation with respect to a