ON A PERMUTABLITY PROBLEM FOR GROUPS

  • TAERI BIJAN (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Isfahan University of Technology)
  • Published : 2006.01.01

Abstract

Let m, n be positive integers. We denote by R(m,n) (respectively P(m,n)) the class of all groups G such that, for every n subsets $X_1,X_2\ldots,X_n$, of size m of G there exits a non-identity permutation $\sigma$ such that $X_1X_2{\cdots}X_n{\cap}X_{\sigma(1)}X_{/sigma(2)}{\cdots}X_{/sigma(n)}\neq\phi$ (respectively $X_1X_2{\cdots}X_n=X_{/sigma(1)}X_{\sigma(2)}{\cdots}X_{\sigma(n)}$). Let G be a non-abelian group. In this paper we prove that (i) $G{\in}P$(2,3) if and only if G isomorphic to $S_3$, where $S_n$ is the symmetric group on n letters. (ii) $G{\in}R$(2, 2) if and only if ${\mid}G{\mid}\geq8$. (iii) If G is finite, then $G{\in}R$(3, 2) if and only if ${\mid}G{\mid}\geq14$ or G is isomorphic to one of the following: SmallGroup(16, i), $i\in$ {3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13}, SmallGroup(32, 49), SmallGroup(32, 50), where SmallGroup(m, n) is the nth group of order m in the GAP [13] library.

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