The number of conjugacy classes of noncyclic subgroups of finite nilpotent groups
Abstract
Let G be a finite nilpotent group. We denote by γ(G) the number of conjugacy classes of noncyclic subgroups of G, Con(G) the number of conjugacy classes of subgroups of G. In this paper, we give the formula for γ(G), and prove that Con(G)−γ(G)≥4 when the order of G is prime power. Moreover, we get the minimum of γ(G) according to t, where t is the number of distinct noncyclic Sylow subgroups of G.
Communicated by M. L. Lewis
Dedicated to Professor Yanfeng Luo on the occasion of his 60th birthday