On B₆- and B₇-groups

Abstract

A finite group G is said to be a Bn-group if any n-element subset A = {a₁, a₂,..., a_n} of G satisfies \left|A^2\right|=\left|\left\{a_i{a}_j|1\le i,j\le n\right\}\right|\le n(n+1)/2. In this paper, the characterizations of the B₆- and B₇-groups are given.

Key words： B_n-groups, B(n; k) groups, small squaring property, nonabelian groups

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