Publication Date:
2015-09-20
Description:
We show that if $p$ is an odd prime and $G$ is a finite group satisfying the condition that $p^2$ divides the degree of no irreducible character of $G$ , then $|G:\mathbf {O}_p (G)|_p \le p^4,$ where $\mathbf {O}_p (G)$ is the largest normal $p$ -subgroup of $G$ , and if $P$ is a Sylow $p$ -subgroup of $G$ , then $P''$ is subnormal in $G$ . Our investigations suggest that if $p^a$ is the largest power of $p$ dividing the degrees of irreducible characters of $G$ , then $|G:\mathbf {O}_p(G)|_p$ is bounded by $p^{f(a)},$ where $f (a)$ is a function in $a$ and $P^{(a+1)}$ is subnormal in $G$ .
Print ISSN:
0024-6107
Electronic ISSN:
1469-7750
Topics:
Mathematics