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Sibirsk. Mat. Zh., 2008 Volume 49, Number 2, Pages 274–279 (Mi smj1839)

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Involutory decomposition of a group and twisted subsets with few involutions

D. V. Veprintseva, A. L. Myl'nikovb

a Krasnoyarsk State Agricultural University
b Institute of Basic Training, Siberian Federal University

Abstract: A subset $K$ of some group $C$ is called twisted if $1\in K$ and $x,y\in K$ implies that $xy^{-1}x$ belongs to $K$. We use the concept of twisted subset to investigate and generalize the concept of involutory decomposition of a group. A group is said to admit involutory decomposition if it contains some involution such that the group is the product of the centralizer of the involution and the set of elements inverted by the involution. We study the twisted subsets with at most one involution. We prove that if a twisted subset has no involutions at all then it generates a subgroup of odd order.

Keywords: involutory decomposition of a group, twisted subset, twisted subgroup.

UDC: 512.544

Received: 10.03.2006
Revised: 20.09.2007


 English version:
Siberian Mathematical Journal, 2008, 49:2, 218–221

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