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 Title: Finite Groups as the Union of Proper Subgroups Authors: Zhang, Jiping Keywords: Finite GroupSimple GroupCovering Number Issue Date: 2006 Publisher: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Citation: Serdica Mathematical Journal, Vol. 32, No 2-3, (2006), 259p-268p Abstract: As is known, if a finite solvable group G is an n-sum group then n − 1 is a prime power. It is an interesting problem in group theory to study for which numbers n with n-1 > 1 and not a prime power there exists a finite n-sum group. In this paper we mainly study finite nonsolvable n-sum groups and show that 15 is the first such number. More precisely, we prove that there exist no finite 11-sum or 13-sum groups and there is indeed a finite 15-sum group. Results by J. H. E. Cohn and M. J. Tomkinson are thus extended and further generalizations are possible. Description: 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 20D60,20E15. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10525/2533 ISSN: 1310-6600 Appears in Collections: Volume 32, Number 2-3

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