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MATHEMATICS
On commuting elements of a group
A. I. Zabarina,
U. A. Guselnikova,
E. A. Fomina Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
Abstract:
Let
$G$ be an arbitrary group. An element g is trivially commuting if it does not commute with
any other elements but itself and unity. We call an element as non-trivially commuting if it is not
trivially commuting. Sets of all trivially commuting elements, non-trivially commuting elements,
and involutions of the group are denoted by
$U$,
$W$,
$J$.
Proposition 1.
$U\subset J$.
Proposition 2.
- An element conjugate to a trivially commuting element is a trivially commuting element;
an element conjugate to a not trivially commuting element is a non-trivially commuting element
элемент: $\forall u\in U\ \forall w\in W\ \forall g\in G (u^g\in U\ w^g\in W)$.
- A product of two trivially commuting elements is a non-trivially commuting element:
$u_1\in U, u_2\in U\Rightarrow u_1u_2\in W$.
Theorem 3. If the set of trivially commuting elements of a finite group is not empty, they are
exactly half to the group: let
$|G|=n$,
$|U|\ne0$, then
$|U|=|W|$.
Corollary 4. Let
$|G|= n$,
$|U|\ne0$, then
- $\forall w\in W\ \forall u^*\in U\ \exists u', u''\in U (w=u^*u'=u''u^*)$;
- $U=J$;
- $|G|=n= 4q+2$.
Theorem 5. Let
$|G|=n$,
$|U|\ne0$, then
$W$ is a commutative normal divisor of the group
$G$.
Proposition 6. Let
$\langle A, \cdot\rangle$, be an Abelian group with the involution and
$\langle D(A), \circ\rangle$ be a generalized dihedral group. Then the set
$U$ of trivial commuting elements of the group
$D(A)$ is empty.
Theorem 7. Let
$\langle D(A), \circ\rangle$ be a generalized dihedral group and let the group
$A$ have no involutions. Then the set
$U$ of trivially commuting elements of the group
$D(A)$ is the set
$\{(a, -1)\mid a\in A\}$,
$|U|=|W|$.
Theorem 8. Let
$\langle G, \cdot\rangle$ be a group, the set of involutions
$J$ of the group
$G$ be not empty, and the set
$H=G\setminus J$ be a subgroup,
$H\ne\{e\}$. Then
- $H$ is a commutative normal divisor of $G$; $|G/H|=2$;
- The set $U$ of trivially commuting elements of the group $G$ coincides with $J$ and $|W|=|U|$;
- $G\cong D(H)$.
Keywords:
group, involution, commuting element, conjugate element, generalized dihedral group.
UDC:
512.543 Received: 20.10.2015
DOI:
10.17223/19988621/38/3