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Restrictions on sets of conjugacy classes in arithmetic progressions

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Peer-reviewed

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Camina, Rachel 
Camina, Alan 

Abstract

We continue the investigation, that began in \cite{bianchi} and \cite{glasby}, into finite groups whose set of nontrivial conjugacy class sizes form an arithmetic progression. Let G be a finite group and denote the set of conjugacy class sizes of G by cs(G). Finite groups satisfying cs(G)={1,2,4,6} and {1,2,4,6,8} are classified in \cite{glasby} and \cite{bianchi}, respectively, we demonstrate these examples are rather special by proving the following. There exists a finite group G such that cs(G)={1,2α,2α+1,2α3} if and only if α=1. Furthermore, there exists a finite group G such that cs(G)={1,2α,2α+1,2α3,2α+2} and α is odd if and only if α=1.\[1ex]

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International Journal of Group Theory

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2251-7650
2251-7669

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Publisher

University of Isfahan
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Isaac Newton Trust