Prime-graph equality conjecture for intransitive subgroups of alternating groups

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Let G=AnG=A_n and H=(Sk×Sn−k)∩GH=(S_k\times S_{n-k})\cap G, where 1<k<n1<k<n and p⩽kp\leqslant k for every prime number p⩽np\leqslant n. Prime-graph equality conjecture. If n⩾12n\geqslant 12, then

Γ(G)=Γ(H)\Gamma(G)=\Gamma(H)

if and only if nn is odd, k=n−1k=n-1, and n−4n-4 is composite. This concerns the unresolved classification of when an alternating group and an associated intransitive maximal subgroup have the same prime graph; the paper notes that the problem is connected with difficult additive questions about representations of integers as sums of distinct primes.

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Timothy C. Burness and Elisa Covato, “On the prime graph of simple groups”, arXiv:1407.8128 (2014).

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