Local characterizations of infinite alternating and Lie type groups (Q1317618)

The author gives eight characterizations of infinite alternating and Lie type groups in terms of special sets of subgroups. We will give here the first result only. Let \(G\) be a group and \(H\) a subgroup. If \(K\) is a finite subgroup of \(G\) with \(K \leq N_ G(H)\) and \(K \cap H = 1\), then the author calls \(K\) an \(H\)-signalizer. Theorem 1.1. Let \(G\) be an infinite locally finite simple group. The following conditions are equivalent: (1) \(G\) is an alternating or Lie type group; (2) there exists a finite subgroup \(H\) of \(G\) such that \(C_ H(K) \neq 1\) for any \(H\)- signalizer \(K\) of \(G\); (3) there is a finite non-trivial subgroup \(H\) of \(G\) that centralizes all \(H\)-signalizers.