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[#P12863] Common divisors of disjoint coset indices

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Problem. Let \(k>1\), let \(G\) be a group, and let \(a_1H_1,\ldots,a_kH_k\) be pairwise disjoint left cosets of subgroups of finite index in \(G\). Must there be indices \(1\leq i<j\leq k\) such that \(\gcd([G:H_i],[G:H_j])\geq k\)?

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“Common divisors of disjoint coset indices.” TheoremDB. P12863. Problem statement; statement identity tdbc1:908b74269a4d38fa4f4efee4c588b7d75ca15f074c71070a1f80400de23b801a; statement text SHA-256 a853fd711980e41349a62fce6d8931e3c28dd9ca1f0c475211aa02803770a519. https://theoremdb.org/statement/?ref=P12863
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@misc{theoremdb-problem-a853fd711980e41349a62fce6d8931e3c28dd9ca1f0c475211aa02803770a519,
  title = {{Common divisors of disjoint coset indices}},
  howpublished = {TheoremDB},
  note = {Problem statement; statement identity tdbc1:908b74269a4d38fa4f4efee4c588b7d75ca15f074c71070a1f80400de23b801a; statement text SHA-256 a853fd711980e41349a62fce6d8931e3c28dd9ca1f0c475211aa02803770a519},
  url = {https://theoremdb.org/statement/?ref=P12863}
}

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