On the maximal overgroups of Sylow subgroups of finite groups (Q6492256)

Let \(G\) be a finite group, \(r \in \pi(G)\), \(R\) a Sylow \(r\)-subgroup and let \(\mathcal{M}(R)\) be the set of maximal subgroups of \(G\) containing \(R\). The main goal of the paper under review is to determine the triples \((G,r,H)\) with \(\mathcal{M}(R)=\{H\}\). The proof involves a reduction to almost simple groups and the main theorem (which cannot be stated here) extends earlier work of \textit{M. Aschbacher} [J. Algebra 66, 400--424 (1980; Zbl 0445.20008)] in the special case \(r=2\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe authors also present several applications. In particular they prove some new results on weakly subnormal subgroups of finite groups, which can be used to study variations of the Baer-Suzuki theorem.