On \(B_5\)-Groups

Yuanlin Li1, Yilan Tan2
1 DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, Brock UNIVERSITY, ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO, CANADA L2S 3Al
2DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, Brock UNIversiTy, ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO, Canapa L2S 3A1

Abstract

A group \(G\) is said to be a \(B_k\)-group if for any \(k\)-subset \(\{a_1, \ldots, a_k\}\) of \(G\), \(\left|\{a_ia_j \mid 1 \leq i, j \leq k\}\right| \leq \frac{k(k+1)}{2}\). In this paper, a complete classification of \(B_5\)-groups is given.