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© by De Gruyter 2015.Let G be a finite group and c be an element of Z+ {∞}. A subgroup H of G is said to be c-nilpotent if it is nilpotent and has nilpotency class at most c. A subset X of G is said to be non-c-nilpotent if it contains no two elements x and y such that the subgroup hx; yi is c-nilpotent. In this paper we study the quantity ωc(G), defined to be the size of the largest non-c-nilpotent subset of L. In the case that L is a finite group of Lie type, we identify covers of L by c-nilpotent subgroups, and we use these covers to construct large non-c-nilpotent sets in the group L. We prove that for groups L of fixed rank r, there exist constants Dr and Er such that DrN ≤ ω∞(L) ≤ ErN, where N is the number of maximal tori in L. In the case of groups L with twisted rank 1, we provide exact formulae for ωc(L) for all c ∈ Z+ {∞}. If we write q for the level of the Frobenius endomorphism associated with L and assume that q > 5, then ω∞(L) may be expressed as a polynomial in q with coefficients in {0; 1}.
Author(s): Azad A, Britnell JR, Gill N
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Forum Mathematicum
Year: 2015
Volume: 27
Issue: 6
Pages: 3745-3782
Print publication date: 01/11/2015
Online publication date: 06/11/2015
Acceptance date: 02/04/2014
ISSN (print): 0933-7741
ISSN (electronic): 1435-5337
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/forum-2013-0176
DOI: 10.1515/forum-2013-0176
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