A 3-local characterization of \(U_6(2)\) and \(Fi_{22}\). (Q2498865)

The three-transposition groups \(U_6(2)\) and \(Fi_{22}\) are considered. The author classifies both groups under the assumption that one has some rough information about the normalizer of a 3-central group of order 3. One purpose of this article is to use this result as a recognition tool in the project of the investigation of groups of local characteristic \(p\) [see \textit{U. Meierfrankenfeld}, \textit{B. Stellmacher} and \textit{G. Stroth}, in Groups, combinatorics and geometry, Durham 2001, World Scientific, 155-192 (2003; Zbl 1031.20008)].