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A note on the triple product property for subsets of finite groups

Part of: Representation theory of groups Discrete mathematics in relation to computer science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2011

Peter M. Neumann
Peter M. Neumann*
Affiliation:
The Queen’s College, Oxford OX1 4AW, United Kingdom (email: peter.neumann@queens.ox.ac.uk)

Abstract

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The triple product property (TPP) for subsets of a finite group was introduced by Henry Cohn and Christopher Umans in 2003 as a tool for the study of the complexity of matrix multiplication. This note records some consequences of the simple observation that if (S1,S2,S3) is a TPP triple in a finite group G, then so is (dS1a,dS2b,dS3c) for any a,b,c,d∈G.

Let si:=∣Si∣ for 1≤i≤3. First we prove the inequality s1(s2+s3−1)≤∣G∣ and show some of its uses. Then we show (something a little more general than) that if G has an abelian subgroup of index v, then s1s2s3 ≤v2 ∣G∣.

MSC classification

Secondary: 20D60: Arithmetic and combinatorial problems 68R05: Combinatorics

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
LMS Journal of Computation and Mathematics , Volume 14 , 2011 , pp. 232 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © London Mathematical Society 2011

References

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