A characterization of the finite simple group \(L_{11}(2)\) by its element orders. (Q812871)

Let \(G\) be a finite group, \(\pi_e(G)\) be the set of all orders of elements in \(G\) and \(L_n(2)\) be the projective linear group with \(n\geq 3\). The authors prove that if \(\pi_e(G)=\pi_e(L_{11}(2))\), then \(G\simeq L_{11}(2)\). This is a continuation of a series of investigations for the cases of \(n=3\), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The very new result is: if \(\pi_e(G)=\pi_e(L_n(2))\), then \(G\simeq L_n(2)\) for \(n\leq 18\) [see \textit{M. A. Grechkoseeva, M. S. Lucido, V. D. Mazurov, A. R. Moghaddamfar} and \textit{A. V. Vasil'ev}, Sib. Èlektron. Mat. Izv. 2, 253-263 (2005)]. The following conjecture has been posed naturally: for all positive integers \(n\geq 3\), \(L_n(2)\) is characterizable by \(\pi_e(L_n(2))\).