On the Frobenius spectrum of a finite group

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a finite group and [Formula: see text] any divisor of [Formula: see text], the order of [Formula: see text]. Let [Formula: see text], Frobenius’ theorem states that [Formula: see text] for some positive integer [Formula: see text]. We call [Formula: see text] a Frobenius quotient of [Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text]. Let [Formula: see text] be the set of all Frobenius quotients of [Formula: see text], we call [Formula: see text] the Frobenius spectrum of [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we give a complete classification of finite groups [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text] being the smallest prime divisor of [Formula: see text]. Moreover, let [Formula: see text] be a finite group of even order, [Formula: see text] the set of all Frobenius quotients of [Formula: see text] for even divisors of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] the maximum Frobenius quotient in [Formula: see text], we prove that [Formula: see text] is always solvable if [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is not a composition factor of [Formula: see text].