Infinite locally finite simple groups with nontrivial kernel of the centralizer of an elementary Abelian 2-subgroup (Q910498)

The author shows that if G is an infinite simple locally finite group satisfying the minimal condition for 2-subgroups, and containing an elementary Abelian 2-subgroup E such that \(O(C_ G(E))\neq 1\), then G is a Chevalley group over a locally finite field of odd characteristic. Further, if \(| E| =2\), then \(O(C_ G(E))\) is locally cyclic. This extends a result of \textit{J. H. Walter} [Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 345 (1986; Zbl 0592.20017)] from the finite to the locally finite case. The proof does not use the classification of finite simple groups, but uses Walter's result, of course.