Groups of Prime Power Order Volume 2 (De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics)

Frontmatter
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Contents......Page 5
List of definitions and notations......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
§46. Degrees of irreducible characters of Suzuki p-groups......Page 17
§47. On the number of metacyclic epimorphic images of finite p-groups......Page 30
§48. On 2-groups with small centralizer of an involution, I......Page 35
§49. On 2-groups with small centralizer of an involution, II......Page 44
§50. Janko’s theorem on 2-groups without normal elementary abelian subgroups of order 8......Page 59
§51. 2-groups with self centralizing subgroup isomorphic to E8......Page 68
§52. 2-groups with 2-subgroup of small order......Page 91
§53. 2-groups G with c2(G) = 4......Page 112
§54. 2-groups G with cn(G) = 4, n > 2......Page 125
§55. 2-groups G with small subgroup (x ∈ G | o(x) = 2")......Page 138
§56. Theorem of Ward on quaternion-free 2-groups......Page 150
§57. Nonabelian 2-groups all of whose minimal nonabelian subgroups are isomorphic and have exponent 4......Page 156
§58. Non-Dedekindian p-groups all of whose nonnormal subgroups of the same order are conjugate......Page 163
§59. p-groups with few nonnormal subgroups......Page 166
§60. The structure of the Burnside group of order 212......Page 167
§61. Groups of exponent 4 generated by three involutions......Page 179
§62. Groups with large normal closures of nonnormal cyclic subgroups......Page 185
§63. Groups all of whose cyclic subgroups of composite orders are normal......Page 188
§64. p-groups generated by elements of given order......Page 195
§65. A2-groups......Page 204
§66. A new proof of Blackburn’s theorem on minimal nonmetacyclic 2-groups......Page 213
§67. Determination of U2-groups......Page 218
§68. Characterization of groups of prime exponent......Page 222
§69. Elementary proofs of some Blackburn’s theorems......Page 225
§70. Non-2-generator p-groups all of whose maximal subgroups are 2-generator......Page 230
§71. Determination of A2-groups......Page 249
§72. An-groups, n > 2......Page 264
§73. Classification of modular p-groups......Page 273
§74. p-groups with a cyclic subgroup of index p2......Page 290
§75. Elements of order ≤ 4 in p-groups......Page 293
§76. p-groups with few A1-subgroups......Page 298
§77. 2-groups with a self-centralizing abelian subgroup of type (4, 2)......Page 332
§78. Minimal nonmodular p-groups......Page 339
§79. Nonmodular quaternion-free 2-groups......Page 350
§80. Minimal non-quaternion-free 2-groups......Page 372
§81. Maximal abelian subgroups in 2-groups......Page 377
§82. A classification of 2-groups with exactly three involutions......Page 384
§83. p-groups G with Ω2(G) or Ω2*(G) extraspecial......Page 412
§84. 2-groups whose nonmetacyclic subgroups are generated by involutions......Page 415
§85. 2-groups with a nonabelian Frattini subgroup of order 16......Page 418
§86. p-groups G with metacyclic Ω2*(G)......Page 422
§87. 2-groups with exactly one nonmetacyclic maximal subgroup......Page 428
§88. Hall chains in normal subgroups of p-groups......Page 453
§89. 2-groups with exactly six cyclic subgroups of order 4......Page 470
§90. Nonabelian 2-groups all of whose minimal nonabelian subgroups are of order 8......Page 479
§91. Maximal abelian subgroups of p-groups......Page 483
§92. On minimal nonabelian subgroups of p-groups......Page 490
Appendix 16. Some central products......Page 501
Appendix 17. Alternate proofs of characterization theorems of Miller and Janko on 2-groups, and some related results......Page 508
Appendix 18. Replacement theorems......Page 517
Appendix 19. New proof of Ward’s theorem on quaternion-free 2-groups......Page 522
Appendix 20. Some remarks on automorphisms......Page 525
Appendix 21. Isaacs’ examples......Page 528
Appendix 22. Minimal nonnilpotent groups......Page 532
Appendix 23. Groups all of whose noncentral conjugacy classes have the same size......Page 535
Appendix 24. On modular 2-groups......Page 538
Appendix 25. Schreier’s inequality for p-groups......Page 542
Appendix 26. p-groups all of whose nonabelian maximal subgroups are either absolutely regular or of maximal class......Page 545
Research problems and themes II......Page 547
Backmatter
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