Criteria for nilpotency of groups via partitons

Abstract

Let $G$ be a finite group and $S<G$. A cover for a group $G$ is a collection of subgroups of $G$ whose union is $G$. We use the term $n$-cover for a cover with $n$ members. A cover $\Pi =\{H_1,H_2,\dots ,H_n\}$ is said to be a strict $S$-partition of $G$ if $H_i\cap H_j=S$ for $i\ne j$ and $\Pi$ is said an equal strict $S$-partition (or $ES$-partition ) of $G$, if $\Pi$ is a strict $S$-partition and $|H_i|=|H_j|$ for all $i\ne j$. If $S$ is the identity subgroup and $G$ has a strict $S$-partition (equal strict $S$-partition), then we say that $G$ has a partition (equally partition, resp.).

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