On the Deskins index complex of a maximal subgroup of a finite group (Q1295719)

Let \(M\) be a maximal subgroup of the finite group \(G\), \(I(M)\) be the index complex of \(M\) in \(G\) and \(P(M)\) be the set of maximal elements \(C\) of \(I(M)\) for which \(CM=G\). The author proves that \(G\) is solvable if and only if for each maximal \(M\) of \(G\), \(P(M)\) contains an element \(C\) such that \(C/K(C)\) is nilpotent, where \(K(C)\) denotes the strict core of \(C\) in \(G\) (i.e., the product of all normal subgroups of \(G\) which are proper subgroups of \(C\)).