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A group $G$ is said to be decomposable if $G= A times B$ ( direct product ). I am looking for the example of indecomposable groups (non-abelian) with very large center relative to the order of group. Are there groups (non-abelian ) $G$ such that $G$ is indecomposable and $Z(G) = c|G|$ where $c$ is very small relative to $|G|$










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  • What is $c$ here? Obviously it cannot be greater then $1$. On the other hand if it is arbitrary then this is trivially true: every group has such constant, namely $|Z(G)|/|G|$.
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  • Like $1/|G|$? Every simple group has trivial center and is indecomposable. You can't have smaller center.
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  • @ freakish but i want the opposite, group with very large center and indecomposable
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  • So you meant $c$ as big as possible in $(0,1)$ range.
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  • @ freakish yes. or in other words a indecomposable group with largest possible center.
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A group $G$ is said to be decomposable if $G= A times B$ ( direct product ). I am looking for the example of indecomposable groups (non-abelian) with very large center relative to the order of group. Are there groups (non-abelian ) $G$ such that $G$ is indecomposable and $Z(G) = c|G|$ where $c$ is very small relative to $|G|$










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  • What is $c$ here? Obviously it cannot be greater then $1$. On the other hand if it is arbitrary then this is trivially true: every group has such constant, namely $|Z(G)|/|G|$.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:29












  • Like $1/|G|$? Every simple group has trivial center and is indecomposable. You can't have smaller center.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:33










  • @ freakish but i want the opposite, group with very large center and indecomposable
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 10:34












  • So you meant $c$ as big as possible in $(0,1)$ range.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:34










  • @ freakish yes. or in other words a indecomposable group with largest possible center.
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 10:36















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A group $G$ is said to be decomposable if $G= A times B$ ( direct product ). I am looking for the example of indecomposable groups (non-abelian) with very large center relative to the order of group. Are there groups (non-abelian ) $G$ such that $G$ is indecomposable and $Z(G) = c|G|$ where $c$ is very small relative to $|G|$










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A group $G$ is said to be decomposable if $G= A times B$ ( direct product ). I am looking for the example of indecomposable groups (non-abelian) with very large center relative to the order of group. Are there groups (non-abelian ) $G$ such that $G$ is indecomposable and $Z(G) = c|G|$ where $c$ is very small relative to $|G|$







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  • What is $c$ here? Obviously it cannot be greater then $1$. On the other hand if it is arbitrary then this is trivially true: every group has such constant, namely $|Z(G)|/|G|$.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:29












  • Like $1/|G|$? Every simple group has trivial center and is indecomposable. You can't have smaller center.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:33










  • @ freakish but i want the opposite, group with very large center and indecomposable
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 10:34












  • So you meant $c$ as big as possible in $(0,1)$ range.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:34










  • @ freakish yes. or in other words a indecomposable group with largest possible center.
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 10:36




















  • What is $c$ here? Obviously it cannot be greater then $1$. On the other hand if it is arbitrary then this is trivially true: every group has such constant, namely $|Z(G)|/|G|$.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:29












  • Like $1/|G|$? Every simple group has trivial center and is indecomposable. You can't have smaller center.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:33










  • @ freakish but i want the opposite, group with very large center and indecomposable
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 10:34












  • So you meant $c$ as big as possible in $(0,1)$ range.
    – freakish
    Nov 17 at 10:34










  • @ freakish yes. or in other words a indecomposable group with largest possible center.
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 10:36


















What is $c$ here? Obviously it cannot be greater then $1$. On the other hand if it is arbitrary then this is trivially true: every group has such constant, namely $|Z(G)|/|G|$.
– freakish
Nov 17 at 10:29






What is $c$ here? Obviously it cannot be greater then $1$. On the other hand if it is arbitrary then this is trivially true: every group has such constant, namely $|Z(G)|/|G|$.
– freakish
Nov 17 at 10:29














Like $1/|G|$? Every simple group has trivial center and is indecomposable. You can't have smaller center.
– freakish
Nov 17 at 10:33




Like $1/|G|$? Every simple group has trivial center and is indecomposable. You can't have smaller center.
– freakish
Nov 17 at 10:33












@ freakish but i want the opposite, group with very large center and indecomposable
– I_wil_break_wall
Nov 17 at 10:34






@ freakish but i want the opposite, group with very large center and indecomposable
– I_wil_break_wall
Nov 17 at 10:34














So you meant $c$ as big as possible in $(0,1)$ range.
– freakish
Nov 17 at 10:34




So you meant $c$ as big as possible in $(0,1)$ range.
– freakish
Nov 17 at 10:34












@ freakish yes. or in other words a indecomposable group with largest possible center.
– I_wil_break_wall
Nov 17 at 10:36






@ freakish yes. or in other words a indecomposable group with largest possible center.
– I_wil_break_wall
Nov 17 at 10:36












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It is well-known that $G/Z(G)$ cannot be nontrivial and cyclic, so we must have $|G/Z(G)| ge 4$.



For all $nge 2$, the group of order $2^{n+1}$ defined by the presentation
$$langle x,y mid x^{2^n}=y^2=1,y^{-1}xy=x^{2^{n-1}+1} rangle$$
has centre $langle x^2 rangle$ of index $4$, and it is easily shown to be indecomposable. So there are arbitrarily large finite groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.



These groups are sometimes called modular groups. They are one of the four families of nonabelian $2$-groups that have a maximal cyclic subgroup, which are discussed here.






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  • Thanks for the answer. Please name the group you have given above in the answer. Are there well known groups which satisfy requirements I have mentioned in my question?
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  • See my edit. I think you could get further examples by allowing $y$ to have order a larger power of $2$, but apart from that I do not know of any other indecomposable groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.
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    Nov 17 at 12:33











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It is well-known that $G/Z(G)$ cannot be nontrivial and cyclic, so we must have $|G/Z(G)| ge 4$.



For all $nge 2$, the group of order $2^{n+1}$ defined by the presentation
$$langle x,y mid x^{2^n}=y^2=1,y^{-1}xy=x^{2^{n-1}+1} rangle$$
has centre $langle x^2 rangle$ of index $4$, and it is easily shown to be indecomposable. So there are arbitrarily large finite groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.



These groups are sometimes called modular groups. They are one of the four families of nonabelian $2$-groups that have a maximal cyclic subgroup, which are discussed here.






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  • Thanks for the answer. Please name the group you have given above in the answer. Are there well known groups which satisfy requirements I have mentioned in my question?
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  • See my edit. I think you could get further examples by allowing $y$ to have order a larger power of $2$, but apart from that I do not know of any other indecomposable groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.
    – Derek Holt
    Nov 17 at 12:33















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It is well-known that $G/Z(G)$ cannot be nontrivial and cyclic, so we must have $|G/Z(G)| ge 4$.



For all $nge 2$, the group of order $2^{n+1}$ defined by the presentation
$$langle x,y mid x^{2^n}=y^2=1,y^{-1}xy=x^{2^{n-1}+1} rangle$$
has centre $langle x^2 rangle$ of index $4$, and it is easily shown to be indecomposable. So there are arbitrarily large finite groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.



These groups are sometimes called modular groups. They are one of the four families of nonabelian $2$-groups that have a maximal cyclic subgroup, which are discussed here.






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  • Thanks for the answer. Please name the group you have given above in the answer. Are there well known groups which satisfy requirements I have mentioned in my question?
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 12:01












  • See my edit. I think you could get further examples by allowing $y$ to have order a larger power of $2$, but apart from that I do not know of any other indecomposable groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.
    – Derek Holt
    Nov 17 at 12:33













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It is well-known that $G/Z(G)$ cannot be nontrivial and cyclic, so we must have $|G/Z(G)| ge 4$.



For all $nge 2$, the group of order $2^{n+1}$ defined by the presentation
$$langle x,y mid x^{2^n}=y^2=1,y^{-1}xy=x^{2^{n-1}+1} rangle$$
has centre $langle x^2 rangle$ of index $4$, and it is easily shown to be indecomposable. So there are arbitrarily large finite groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.



These groups are sometimes called modular groups. They are one of the four families of nonabelian $2$-groups that have a maximal cyclic subgroup, which are discussed here.






share|cite|improve this answer














It is well-known that $G/Z(G)$ cannot be nontrivial and cyclic, so we must have $|G/Z(G)| ge 4$.



For all $nge 2$, the group of order $2^{n+1}$ defined by the presentation
$$langle x,y mid x^{2^n}=y^2=1,y^{-1}xy=x^{2^{n-1}+1} rangle$$
has centre $langle x^2 rangle$ of index $4$, and it is easily shown to be indecomposable. So there are arbitrarily large finite groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.



These groups are sometimes called modular groups. They are one of the four families of nonabelian $2$-groups that have a maximal cyclic subgroup, which are discussed here.







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  • Thanks for the answer. Please name the group you have given above in the answer. Are there well known groups which satisfy requirements I have mentioned in my question?
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 12:01












  • See my edit. I think you could get further examples by allowing $y$ to have order a larger power of $2$, but apart from that I do not know of any other indecomposable groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.
    – Derek Holt
    Nov 17 at 12:33


















  • Thanks for the answer. Please name the group you have given above in the answer. Are there well known groups which satisfy requirements I have mentioned in my question?
    – I_wil_break_wall
    Nov 17 at 12:01












  • See my edit. I think you could get further examples by allowing $y$ to have order a larger power of $2$, but apart from that I do not know of any other indecomposable groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.
    – Derek Holt
    Nov 17 at 12:33
















Thanks for the answer. Please name the group you have given above in the answer. Are there well known groups which satisfy requirements I have mentioned in my question?
– I_wil_break_wall
Nov 17 at 12:01






Thanks for the answer. Please name the group you have given above in the answer. Are there well known groups which satisfy requirements I have mentioned in my question?
– I_wil_break_wall
Nov 17 at 12:01














See my edit. I think you could get further examples by allowing $y$ to have order a larger power of $2$, but apart from that I do not know of any other indecomposable groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.
– Derek Holt
Nov 17 at 12:33




See my edit. I think you could get further examples by allowing $y$ to have order a larger power of $2$, but apart from that I do not know of any other indecomposable groups with $|G/Z(G)|=4$.
– Derek Holt
Nov 17 at 12:33


















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