Computable two-variable laws for finite groups with abelian Sylow subgroups
Description
For each prime $p$ we construct a computable sequence $a_{p,n}$ of words in two variables such that, for every finite group $G$ and every $n\geq |G|$, the identity $a_{p,n}=1$ holds in $G$ if and only if the Sylow $p$-subgroups of $G$ are abelian. When this condition fails, one fixed pair in $G$ makes every word in that tail nontrivial. The construction uses a decidable finite test and a terminating search through word pairs. It concerns the explicit-sequence question in Kourovka Problem 11.15; the notion of explicitness established here is total computability by finite-group search.
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kourovka-11-15-paper.pdf
Additional details
Software
- Repository URL
- https://github.com/Achxy/k-11-15
- Programming language
- Lean
- Development Status
- Active
References
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- R. Brandl, Finite varieties and groups with Sylow p-subgroups of low class, J. Austral. Math. Soc. Ser. A 31 (1981), no. 4, 464–469. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1446788700024265
- R. Brandl, Groups with abelian Sylow subgroups, J. Aust. Math. Soc. 88 (2010), no. 1, 43–47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1446788709000184
- E. I. Khukhro and V. D. Mazurov (eds.), The Kourovka Notebook: Unsolved problems in group theory, 21st ed., September 2026 update, Problem 11.15. https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.0300v46