Maximal subgroups of small index of finite almost simple groups

Abstract: We prove in this paper that a finite almost simple group

R

with socle the non-abelian simple group

S

possesses a conjugacy class of core-free maximal subgroups whose index coincides with the smallest index

o p e r a t o r n a m e l (S)

of a maximal group of

S

or a conjugacy class of core-free maximal subgroups with a fixed index

v_{S} l e q o p e r a t o r n a m e l (S)^{2}

, depending only on

S

. We show that the number of subgroups of the outer automorphism group of

S

is bounded by

l o g^{3} o p e r a t o r n a m e l (S)

and

o p e r a t o r n a m e l (S)^{2} < | S |

.

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