Solomon’s descent algebra is used to define a family of signed measures MW,x for a finite Coxeter group W and x > 0. The measures corresponding to W of type An arise from the theory of card shuffling. Formulas for these measures are obtained and conjectured in special cases. The eigenvalues of the associated Markov chains are computed. By elementary algebraic group theory, choosing a random sem...

Let G be a finite group and let T1 denote the number of times a triple (x, y, z) ∈ G3 binds X, where X = {xyz, xzy, yxz, yzx, zxy, zyx}, to one conjugacy class. Let T2 denote the number of times a triple in G3 breaks X into two conjugacy classes. We have established the following results: i) the probability that a triple (x, y, z) ∈ D3 n binds X to one conjugacy class is ≥ 58 . ii) for groups s...

a group g is said to be a (pf)c-group or to have polycyclic-by-finite conjugacy classes, if g/c_{g}(x^{g}) is a polycyclic-by-finite group for all xin g. this is a generalization of the familiar property of being an fc-group. de falco et al. (respectively, de giovanni and trombetti) studied groups whose proper subgroups of infinite rank have finite (respectively, polycyclic) conjugacy classes. ...

‎In this paper we prove that a finite group $G$ having at most three‎ ‎conjugacy classes of non-normal non-abelian proper subgroups is‎ ‎always solvable except for $Gcong{rm{A_5}}$‎, ‎which extends Theorem 3.3‎ ‎in [Some sufficient conditions on the number of‎ ‎non-abelian subgroups of a finite group to be solvable‎, ‎Acta Math‎. ‎Sinica (English Series) 27 (2011) 891--896.]‎. ‎Moreover‎, ‎we s...

Let G be a group. Two elements x, y are said to be z-equivalent if their centralizers are conjugate in G. The class equation of G is the partition of G into conjugacy classes. Further decomposition of conjugacy classes into z-classes provides an important information about the internal structure of the group, cf. [8] for the elaboration of this theme. Let I(Hn) denote the group of isometries of...

We prove that the number of conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups of bounded order in a finite group of Lie type of bounded rank is bounded. For exceptional groups this solves a longstanding open problem. The proof uses, among other tools, some methods from Geometric Invariant Theory. Using this result we provide a sharp bound for the total number of conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups of L...

We study topological properties of conjugacy classes in Polish groups, with emphasis on automorphism groups of homogeneous countable structures. We first consider the existence of dense conjugacy classes (the topological Rokhlin property). We then characterize when an automorphism group admits a comeager conjugacy class (answering a question of Truss) and apply this to show that the homeomorphi...

Let G be a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraic closed field. We define a (surjective) map from the set of conjugacy classes in the Weyl group to the set of unipotent classes in G.

it is proved here that if $g$ is a locally graded group satisfying the minimal condition on subgroups which are not locally supersoluble, then $g$ is either locally supersoluble or a vcernikov group. the same conclusion holds for locally finite groups satisfying the weak minimal condition on non-(locally supersoluble) subgroups. as a consequence, it is shown that any infinite locally graded gro...

Let G be a finite group and C(G) be the family of representative conjugacy classes of subgroups of G. The matrix whose H;K-entry is the number of fixed points of the set G=K under the action of H is called the table of marks of G where H;K run through all elements in C(G). In this paper, we compute the table of marks and the markaracter table of groups of order pqr where p, q, r are prime numbers.