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On class numbers of a finite group and of its subgroups*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

A. Vera-López
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Apartado 644, Bilbao, Spain
J. Sangroniz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Apartado 644, Bilbao, Spain

Synopsis

In this paper we obtain new results which relate the number of conjugacy classes of л-elements of a finite group and an arbitrary subgroup, which are analogous to some results about normal subgroups. We also prove some new results which show the relationship between class numbers and splitting theorems. Our proofs only involve elementary techniques.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1993

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