RECOGNIZING BY ORDER AND DEGREE PATTERN OF SOME PROJECTIVE SPECIAL LINEAR GROUPS

Abstract

Let M be a finite group and D (M) be the degree pattern of M. Denote by h OD (M) the number of isomorphism classes of finite groups G with the same order and degree pattern as M. A finite group M is called k-fold OD-characterizable if h OD (M) = k. Usually, a 1-fold OD-characterizable group is simply called OD-characterizable. The purpose of this article is twofold. First, it provides some information on the structure of a group from its degree pattern. Second, it proves that the projective special linear groups L4(4), L4(8), L4(9), L4(11), L4(13), L4(16), L4(17) are OD-characterizable.