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On the number of conjugacy classes of π-elements in a finite group*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Antonio Vera López
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, Bilbao, Spain
Ma Concepción Larrea
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Económicas, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, Bilbao, Spain

Synopsis

In this paper, the number of conjugacy classes of π-elements (respectively non π-elements) of G is analysed in terras of the corresponding numbers of G/N and N, for each N normal subgroup of G. In particular, we generalise well-known results of P. X. Gallagher and C. H. Sah.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1987

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