Hiss–O'Brien conjecture on invariant transversals and commutators
Let be a finite group, and let be an abelian subgroup. A -invariant transversal for is a set of representatives for the right -cosets that is invariant under conjugation by . Write for the commutator subgroup of .
Hiss–O'Brien conjecture. If admits a -invariant transversal, then
The conjecture concerns the existence of conjugation-invariant coset representatives for abelian normal subgroups. The paper's abstract states that the conjecture has counterexamples when is abelian and is finite, so the claim is refuted.
References
Primary source
Gerhard Hiss, “A note on invariant transversals for normal subgroups”, arXiv:2603.02922 (2026).
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