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Erdős Problem 274

If GG is a group, can there exist an exact covering of GG by more than one coset of different sizes? (i.e. each element is contained in exactly one of the cosets.)

The conjectured answer is no: in every such exact covering, two of the subgroups have the same cardinality.

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Erdős Problem 274

Let GG be a group, and let A={a1G1,,akGk}A = \{a_1G_1, \dots, a_kG_k\} be a finite system of left cosets of subgroups G1,,GkG_1, \dots, G_k of GG.

Herzog and Schönheim conjectured that if AA forms a partition of GG with k>1k > 1, then the indices [G:G1],,[G:Gk][G:G_1], \dots, [G:G_k] cannot be distinct.

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Source labels openGreen's Open Problems · Group theory

Ben Green's Open Problem 29

Suppose that AA is a KK-approximate group (not necessarily abelian). Is there SAS \subset A, SKO(1)A|S| \gg K^{-O(1)} |A|, with S8A4S^8 \subset A^4?

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Source labels openGreen's Open Problems · Group theory

Ben Green's Open Problem 4

What is the largest product-free set in the alternating group AnA_n?

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Source labels openKourovka Notebook · Group theory

Conjecture 19.25: 25»

Let GG and HH be finite groups of the same order with gGϕ(g)=hHϕ(h)\sum_{g \in G} \phi(|g|) = \sum_{h \in H} \phi(|h|), where ϕ\phi is the Euler totient function. Suppose that GG is simple. Is HH necessarily simple?

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Source labels openKourovka Notebook · Group theory

Conjecture 20.76: 76»

Let GG be a finite pp-group and assume that all abelian normal subgroups of GG have order at most pkp^k. Is it true that every abelian subgroup of GG has order at most p2kp^{2k}?

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Source labels openPapers · Group theory

The $S_3$-conjecture (conjugacy classes of distinct sizes)

Markel's S3S_3-conjecture* (1973): any nontrivial finite ah-group is isomorphic to S3S_3.

The conjecture is open in general; it is known to be true for solvable groups.

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Source labels openWikipedia · Group theory

Bounded Burnside problem

Let GG be a finitely generated group, and assume there exists nn such that for every gg in GG, gn=1g^n = 1. Is GG necessarily finite?

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Gap conjecture

If a finitely generated group has superpolynomial growth, then with respect to any finite generating set its growth function is at least ene^{\sqrt n} in Grigorchuk's preorder on growth functions, where the comparison is witnessed by linearly rescaling the radius.

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Leinster Groups

Conjecture:* Are there infinitely many Leinster groups?

This asks whether there exist infinitely many (non-isomorphic) finite groups that are Leinster groups.

Formalized via the negation of "Does there exist an n such that all Leinster groups have order less than n".

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Gottschalk's surjunctivity conjecture

Gottschalk's surjunctivity conjecture* (1973): every group is surjunctive. That is, for every group G and every finite alphabet A, every injective cellular automaton on A^G is surjective.

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