Given a finite non-cyclic group $G$, a "cover" of $G$ is a family $\mathcal{H}$ of proper subgroups of $G$ such that $\bigcup_{H \in \mathcal{H}} H = G$. A "normal cover" of $G$ is a cover $\mathcal{H}$ of $G$ with the property that $gHg^{-1} \in \mathcal{H}$ for every $H \in \mathcal{H}$, $g \in G$. Define the "covering number" $\sigma(G)$ of $G$ to be the smallest size of a cover of $G$, and the "normal covering number" $\gamma(G)$ of $G$ to be the smallest number of conjugacy classes of a normal cover of $G$. If $G$ is cyclic we pose $\sigma(G) = \gamma(G) = \infty$, with the convention that $n < \infty$ for every integer $n$. In this Ph.D. thesis we study these two invariants. Andrea Lucchini and Eloisa Detomi conjectured that if $G$ is...
Abstract. For a non-cyclic nite group G, let (G) denote the smallest num-ber of conjugacy classes o...
A connection between maximal sets of pairwise non-commuting elements and coverings of a finite group...
The minimum quantity σ (G) of proper subgroups of a finite, non-cyclic group G which covers G. Calcu...
Given a finite non-cyclic group $G$, call $sigma(G)$ the smallest number of proper subgroups of $G$ ...
Abstract. Given a finite non-cyclic group G, call σ(G) the smallest number of proper subgroups of G ...
Given a finite non-cyclic group G, call G the least number of proper subgroups of G needed to cover ...
For a finite non cyclic group G, let gamma(G) be the smallest integer k such that G contains k prope...
A cover of a finite noncyclic group G is a family \u210b of proper subgroups of G whose union equals...
A \emph{finite cover} of a group $G$ is a finite collection $\mathcal{C}$ of proper subgroups of $G$...
A finite cover $\mathcal{C}$ of a group $G$ is a finite collection of proper subgroups of $G$ such t...
For a finite noncyclic group G, let \u3b3(G) be the smallest integer k such that G contains k proper...
A set of proper subgroups is a covering for a group if their union is the whole group. Determining t...
For a finite group $G$, a {\it normalizer covering} of $G$ is a set of proper normalizers of some su...
AbstractA subgroup H of a finite group G is said to have the semi cover-avoiding property in G if th...
AbstractA set of proper subgroups is a covering for a group if their union is the whole group. Deter...
Abstract. For a non-cyclic nite group G, let (G) denote the smallest num-ber of conjugacy classes o...
A connection between maximal sets of pairwise non-commuting elements and coverings of a finite group...
The minimum quantity σ (G) of proper subgroups of a finite, non-cyclic group G which covers G. Calcu...
Given a finite non-cyclic group $G$, call $sigma(G)$ the smallest number of proper subgroups of $G$ ...
Abstract. Given a finite non-cyclic group G, call σ(G) the smallest number of proper subgroups of G ...
Given a finite non-cyclic group G, call G the least number of proper subgroups of G needed to cover ...
For a finite non cyclic group G, let gamma(G) be the smallest integer k such that G contains k prope...
A cover of a finite noncyclic group G is a family \u210b of proper subgroups of G whose union equals...
A \emph{finite cover} of a group $G$ is a finite collection $\mathcal{C}$ of proper subgroups of $G$...
A finite cover $\mathcal{C}$ of a group $G$ is a finite collection of proper subgroups of $G$ such t...
For a finite noncyclic group G, let \u3b3(G) be the smallest integer k such that G contains k proper...
A set of proper subgroups is a covering for a group if their union is the whole group. Determining t...
For a finite group $G$, a {\it normalizer covering} of $G$ is a set of proper normalizers of some su...
AbstractA subgroup H of a finite group G is said to have the semi cover-avoiding property in G if th...
AbstractA set of proper subgroups is a covering for a group if their union is the whole group. Deter...
Abstract. For a non-cyclic nite group G, let (G) denote the smallest num-ber of conjugacy classes o...
A connection between maximal sets of pairwise non-commuting elements and coverings of a finite group...
The minimum quantity σ (G) of proper subgroups of a finite, non-cyclic group G which covers G. Calcu...