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A problem in the Kourovka notebook concerning the number of conjugacy classes of a finite group

Colin Reid

Published 2008-10-30Version 1

In this paper, we consider Problem 14.44 in the Kourovka notebook, which is a conjecture about the number of conjugacy classes of a finite group. While elementary, this conjecture is still open and appears to elude any straightforward proof, even in the soluble case. However, we do prove that a minimal soluble counterexample must have certain properties, in particular that it must have Fitting height at least 3 and order at least 2000.

Comments: 25 pages
Categories: math.GR
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