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Are there any non-conjugation "extendible automorphisms" in the category of finite groups?

Let $\mathbf{Grp}$ be the category of groups. Given a subcategory $\mathscr{G}$ of $\mathbf{Grp}$ and $G\in\mathit{Ob}(\mathscr{G})$, a $\mathscr{G}$-extendible map on $G$ will here mean an assignment ...
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Possible symmetry groups of power terms

Previously asked and bountied at MSE: Let $\mathfrak{E}=(\mathbb{N};\mathit{exp})$ be the algebra in the sense of universal algebra consisting of the natural numbers with just exponentiation. To each ...
Noah Schweber's user avatar
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What classes of groups can arise as "symmetry groups of terms"?

Let $\mathfrak{A}$ be an algebra (in the sense of universal algebra). To each term $t(x_1,...,x_n)$ in the language of $\mathfrak{A}$ in which each variable actually appears we can assign a group $G_\...
Noah Schweber's user avatar
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Non-abelian variety of groups in which finite groups are abelian

Is there a non-abelian variety of groups $V$ such that any finite group from $V$ is abelian? This was posed in a paper by Hanna Neumann (1967), but I cannot find the solution.
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On group varieties and numbers

Suppose $\mathfrak{U}$ is a group variety. Let’s define $N_{\mathfrak{U}} \subset \mathbb{N}$ as a such set of numbers, that for any finite group $G$, $|G| \in N_{\mathfrak{U}}$ implies $G \in \...
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Does $\Sigma$ generate the variety of all groups?

Suppose $FT$ is the class of all isomorphism classes of finite T-groups (a T-group is a group, where all subnormal subgroups are normal). Define, $\Sigma$ as the set of all functions $f$ from $FT$ to $...
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Finite lattice representation problem checking

[Grätzer and Schmidt 1963] proves that every algebraic lattice is isomorphic to the congruence lattice of a universal algebra. A finite lattice is algebraic. The finite lattice representation problem ...
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For a new operation on a finite group of odd order giving a loop structure, when does this also gives a group

For finite groups $G$ of odd order, as $x \mapsto x^2$ is bijection (but no automorphism in general) then, we can define for each $g \in G$ the element $x^{1/2}$ by requiring $(x^{1/2})^2 = x$. Then ...
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relatively free groups in $Var(S_3)$

Suppose $S_3$ is the symmetric group of order 6. Which elements of the variety $Var(S_3)$ are relatively free? This question is related to my previous question Relatively free algebras in a variety ...
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Given a lattice L with n elements, are there finite groups H < G such that L $\cong$ the lattice of subgroups between H and G?

If there is no restriction on $n$, this is a famous open problem. I'm wondering if any recent work has been done for small $n>6$. I believe the question is answered (positively) for $n=6$ by ...
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