Alternating subgroups of exceptional groups of Lie type

DOI10.1112/PLMS.12043zbMATH Open1428.20018arXiv1509.00534OpenAlexW1776537210MaRDI QIDQ5362965FDOQ5362965

Authors: David A. Craven 

Publication date: 5 October 2017

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we examine embeddings of alternating groups and symmetric groups into almost simple groups of exceptional type. In particular, we prove that unless the alternating or symmetric group has degree 6 or 7, there is no maximal subgroup of any almost simple group with socle an exceptional group of Lie type that is an alternating or symmetric group. Furthermore, in the remaining open cases we give considerable information about the possible embeddings. Note that no maximal alternating or symmetric subgroups are known in the remaining cases. This is the first in a sequence of papers aiming to substantially improve the state of knowledge about the maximal subgroups of exceptional groups of Lie type.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.00534

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Exceptional groups (20G41) Maximal subgroups (20E28)

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