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Questions about the branch of algebra that deals with groups.

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Classification of groups in which the centralizer of every non-identity element is cyclic

In which classes of groups is it feasible to classify those groups in which the centralizer of every non-identity element is cyclic?
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Composition Series

Which finite groups have uniqueness for the ordered sequence of composition factors (up to isomorphism)?
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Coxeter subgroups of Coxeter groups

Is there an algorithm to determine all the Coxeter subgroups of a given Coxeter group? If we only want the Coxeter subgroups of finite index does that make the question easier? If we only want a Coxet …
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Infinite groups containing maximal subgroups that are abelian

If G is a finite group which contains a maximal subgroup M which is abelian, then it is an exercise to show that G is solvable and that the third term in the derived series equals 1. What happens for …
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Center of p-groups

Is it true that any abelian $p$-group (not necessarily finite) is the center of a $p$-group and of index $p^2$?
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Finite Subgroups of $SL_2(R)$

Can you show any finite subgroup of $SL_2(R)$ is cyclic without using an invariant form?
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Can one characterize amenable groups with $C_G(x)$ cyclic for all $x\neq 1$?

Can one characterize the amenable groups that have the property that the centralizer of every non-identity element is cyclic? For example, must they be solvable?
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Decision Problem for finitely generated subgroups

Suppose $G$ is a finitely generated subgroup of $GL_n(Z)$, $n\ge 3$. I suspect that there is no decision procedure for deciding whether or not such $G$ is finitely presented. How can this proved?
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Orders of Finite Simple Groups

Which finite simple groups have order N so that N+1 is a proper power? As an example: the simple group of order $168=13^2-1$.
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Why didn't finite group theorists consider groups where all centralizers of non-identity ele...

From Wikipedia article on the Feit-Thompson Theorem proving a conjecture of Burnside that groups of odd order are solvable: "The attack on Burnside's conjecture was started by Michio Suzuki (1957), wh …
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