Hiss–O'Brien conjecture on invariant transversals and commutators
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.
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Primary source
Gerhard Hiss, “A note on invariant transversals for normal subgroups”, arXiv:2603.02922 (2026).
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