Thompson's conjecture for Lie type groups \(E_7(q)\). (Q476736)

Let \(G\) be a finite group and \(cs(G)\) be the set of the sizes of conjugate classes of \(G\). The well-known conjecture of J. G. Thompson, which is Problem 12.38 in The Kourovka notebook [\textit{V. D. Mazurov} (ed.) and \textit{E. I. Khukhro} (ed.), The Kourovka notebook. Unsolved problems in group theory. 17th ed. Novosibirsk: Institute of Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Div. (2010; Zbl 1211.20001)], states the following: If \(S\) is a non-abelian finite simple group and \(G\) is a finite group such that \(Z(G)=1\) and \(cs(G)=cs(S)\), then \(G\cong S\). In this article, the authors prove Thompson's conjecture for Lie type simple groups \(E_7(q)\).