Squares of conjugacy classes and a variant on the Baer-Suzuki Theorem

Christopher Parker; Jack Saunders

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Squares of conjugacy classes and a variant on the Baer-Suzuki Theorem

Christopher Parker^*, Jack Saunders

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School of Mathematics

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For p a prime, G a finite group and A a normal subset of elements of order p, we prove that if A2 = {ab ∣ a,b ∈ A} consists of p-elements then Q = 〈A〉 is soluble. Further, if Op(G) = 1, we show that p is odd, F(Q) is a non-trivial p′-group and Q/F(Q) is an elementary abelian p-group. We also provide examples which show this conclusion is best possible.

Original language	English
Number of pages	20
Journal	Israel Journal of Mathematics
Early online date	18 Dec 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-024-2706-x
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 18 Dec 2024

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