An Arithmetical Condition on the Sizes of Conjugacy Classes of a Finite Group
Abstract
An element x of a finite group G is said to be primary if the order of x is a prime power. We define csp2(G) as follows: if |xG| is a prime power for every primary element x of G, where xG is the conjugacy class of x in G, then csp2(G)=0; if there exists a primary element x in G such that |xG| is divisible by at least two distinct primes, then csp2(G)=max{|xG| | x∈Gis primary,|xG|is divisible by at least two distinct primes}. In this paper we discuss the influence of the number csp2(G) on the structure of G.
Communicated by Jiping Zhang