Vdovin's depth conjecture for solvable subgroups
Vdovin's depth conjecture for solvable subgroups
Let be a finite group with trivial solvable radical, and let denote the depth of a subgroup . A subgroup is solvable if it is a solvable group. Vdovin's conjecture. For every solvable subgroup of , one has
This is a depth analogue of Vdovin's base-size conjecture for solvable subgroups. The bound is stated to be best possible, and the conclusion is known when is a solvable maximal subgroup, but the general assertion is disproved: the supplied text says that a Magma computation shows it is false.
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Primary source
Timothy C. Burness, “On the depth of subgroups of simple groups”, arXiv:2503.23845 (2026).
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