On the generation of simple groups by Sylow subgroups

DOI10.1090/CONM/800/16051MaRDI QIDQ6396067zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Timothy C. Burness, Robert Guralnick

Publication date 8 April 2022

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1090/conm/800/16051

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sylow subgroups, Sylow properties, (pi)-groups, (pi)-structure (20D20) Simple groups (20E32) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a finite simple group of Lie type and let $P$ be a Sylow $2$-subgroup of $G$. In this paper, we prove that for any nontrivial element $xinG$, there exists $ginG$ such that $G=langleP,x^{g}angle$. By combining this result with recent work of Breuer and Guralnick, we deduce that if $G$ is a finite nonabelian simple group and $r$ is any prime divisor of $|G|$, then $G$ is generated by a Sylow $2$-subgroup and a Sylow $r$-subgroup.

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