On the existence of hereditarily \(G \)-permutable subgroups in exceptional groups \(G\) of Lie type (Q6046796)

Let \(G\) be a finite group. A subgroup \(A\leq G\) is \(G\)-permutable (in \(G\)) if for every subgroup \(B \leq G\) there exists \(x \in G\) such that \(AB^{x} = B^{x}A\). A subgroup \(A\) is hereditarily \(G\)-permutable if \(A\) is \(E\)-permutable in every subgroup \(E\) such that \(A \leq E \leq G\). The main results proved in this paper are the following two theorems. Theorem 1: Let \(G\) be a finite simple exceptional group of Lie type. Then \(G\) has no proper hereditarily \(G\)-permutable subgroups. Theorem 2: Let \(G \simeq \mathrm{Sz}(q)\) be the simple Suzuki group \((q=2^{2k+1}\)). Then a proper subgroup \(S\) of \(G\) is \(G\)-permutable if and only if \(S\) has order 2.