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Systems of equations and generalized characters in groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

I. M. Isaacs
I. M. Isaacs*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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Let F be the free group on n generators x1, …, Xn and let G be an arbitrary group. An element ω ∈ F determines a function x → ω(x) from n-tuples x = (x1, x2, …, xn) ∈ Gn into G. In a recent paper [5] Solomon showed that if ω1, ω2, …, ωm ∈ F with m < n, and K1, …, Km are conjugacy classes of a finite group G, then the number of x ∈ Gn with ωi(x) ∈ Ki for each i, is divisible by |G|. Solomon proved this by constructing a suitable equivalence relation on Gn.

Another recent application of an unusual equivalence relation in group theory is in Brauer's paper [1], where he gives an elementary proof of the Frobenius theorem on solutions of xk = 1 in a group.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , 01 October 1970 , pp. 1040 - 1046
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1970

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