The 2-minimal subgroups of symplectic groups (Q2031581)

For a finite group \(G\) and a prime \(p\), a subgroup \(P\) of \(G\) is \(p\)-minimal if \(B < P\), where \(B = N_G(S)\) for some Sylow \(p\)-subgroup \(S\) of \(G\), and \(B\) is contained in a unique maximal subgroup of \(P\). It turns out, provided \(G\not= B\), that \(G\) is generated by its \(p\)-minimal subgroups. Recently much attention has been focussed upon the set of \(p\)-minimal subgroups of \(G\) because it has related with the theory of buildings introduced in by \textit{J. Tits} [Buildings of spherical type and finite BN-pairs. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag (1974; Zbl 0295.20047)]. In this nice paper, the authors obtain a detailed and explicit description of all the 2-minimal subgroups for finite symplectic groups defined over a field of odd characteristic.