Dear Zohreh, First observe that we are looking for perfect groups of order 2^6 * |PSL(2,8)| = 64 * 504 = 32256. Since 18^2*98 = 31752 is not much smaller than 32256, some scepticism regarding the existence of such groups with 98 characters of degree 18 seems in order. Anyway, let's continue. -- We can check how many perfect groups of this order there are, up to isomorphism:
gap> NrPerfectGroups(32256); # Order 32256 is covered by the data 2 # in GAP's Perfect Groups Library So we know that there are precisely two groups we need to have a look at. We get them from the said library, represented as permutation groups (this being most convenient here): gap> G := PerfectGroup(IsPermGroup,32256,1); L2(8) 2^6 gap> H := PerfectGroup(IsPermGroup,32256,2); L2(8) N 2^6 Now we can compute the lists of normal subgroups of both groups ... gap> normsG := NormalSubgroups(G); [ Group(()), <permutation group of size 64 with 6 generators>, L2(8) 2^6 ] gap> normsH := NormalSubgroups(H); [ Group(()), <permutation group of size 64 with 6 generators>, L2(8) N 2^6 ] ... and have a look at the quotients: gap> StructureDescription(G/normsG[2]); "PSL(2,8)" gap> StructureDescription(H/normsH[2]); "PSL(2,8)" So far, both groups fulfil our criteria. -- But now let's compute the character degrees of our two groups: gap> CharacterDegrees(G); [ [ 1, 1 ], [ 7, 4 ], [ 8, 1 ], [ 9, 3 ], [ 63, 8 ] ] gap> CharacterDegrees(H); [ [ 1, 1 ], [ 7, 4 ], [ 8, 1 ], [ 9, 3 ], [ 63, 8 ] ] As we see, none of the groups has an irreducible character of degree 18. Therefore -- unless I have misread the conditions -- a group with the desired properties does not exist. Hope this helps, Stefan ________________________________ From: zohreh sayanjali <zohrehsayanj...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 3:22:09 PM To: GAP Forum Subject: [GAP Forum] A request for finding a group Dear GAP Forum, I am trying to figure out if there is any perfect group G whose normal minimal subgroup, say N, is an elementary abelian 2-group of order 2^6, G/N is isomorphic to L2(8) and cd(G) = {1, 18, 9, 8, 7}, where the number of irreducible characters whose degrees are 18 is 98. Unfortunately, I do not know how to construct such a group and figure out about its character degrees. I would really appreciate it if you help me to find them, if there exists any. Regards, zohreh sayanjali. _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@gap-system.org https://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@gap-system.org https://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum