Some character degree sets implying nonsolvability

Abstract

Let cd(G) be the set of the degrees of all complex irreducible characters of a finite group G. For a finite nonabelian simple group S and a positive integer k, let Sk be the direct product of k copies of S. In [2], we conjectured that all finite groups G with cd(G)=cd(Sk) are quasi perfect groups (that is; G′=G″) and hence nonsolvable groups. Then we proved that this conjecture holds for some sporadic simple groups as well as for some simple groups of Lie type (see [1] and [2]). In this paper, we verify this conjecture for some alternating groups and for the simple groups Psp4(q)(q=2m≥2) and G22(q2)(q=32m+1≥27). Indeed, we show that if G is a finite group with cd(G)=cd(H), where H∈{A7k,S7k(k≥1),Psp4(q)k(q=2m≥2,k≥1),G22(q2)k(q=32m+1≥27,1≤k≤6560),A8k(1≤k≤5),S8,A9k,S9k,A10k,S10k(1≤k≤2)}, then G is a quasi perfect group.