On ramification structures for finite nilpotent groups
We extend the characterization of abelian groups with ramification structures given by Garion and Penegini in [Beauville surfaces, moduli spaces and finite groups, Comm. Algebra, 2014] to finite nilpotent groups whose Sylow $p$-subgroups have a `nice power structure', including regular $p$-groups, powerful $p$-groups and (generalized) $p$-central $p$-groups. We also correct two errors in [Beauville surfaces, moduli spaces and finite groups, Comm. Algebra, 2014] regarding abelian $2$-groups with ramification structures and the relation between the sizes of ramification structures for an abelian group and those for its Sylow $2$-subgroup.
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