Strongly closed subgroups of finite groups.

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2009.05.005MaRDI QIDQ838135zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 21 August 2009

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3372

finite simple groups of Lie type strongly closed subgroups Sylow subgroups

Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Sylow subgroups, Sylow properties, (pi)-groups, (pi)-structure (20D20) Special subgroups (Frattini, Fitting, etc.) (20D25)

Abstract: This paper gives a complete classification of the finite groups that contain a strongly closed p-subgroup for p any prime.

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Let \(G\) be a group, \(S\) be a Sylow \(p\)-subgroup of \(G\) and \(1\neq A\) be a strongly closed subgroup of \(S\), i.e., if \(1\neq a\in A\), \(g\in G\) with \(a^g\in S\), then \(a^g\in A\). In [Ann. Math. (2) 99, 70-117 (1974; Zbl 0276.20011)] \textit{D. M. Goldschmidt} classified all such groups \(G=\langle A^G\rangle\) provided \(p=2\) and \(A\) is elementary Abelian. This was one of the crucial tools in the classification of the finite simple groups. In this paper the authors extend this result to arbitrary primes \(p\) and even to non-Abelian groups \(A\), for \(G=\langle A^G\rangle\). As any Sylow \(p\)-subgroup is strongly closed in itself they have to assume that \(A\neq S\). Generic examples are finite simple groups of Lie type in characteristic \(r\neq p\), such that \(S\) is Abelian but not elementary Abelian. For the proof the authors reduce the problem to \(G\) being simple. Then they use the classification of the finite simple groups and check if such a group satisfies the assumption. In contrast to this paper the proof due to Goldschmidt does not use the classification of the finite simple groups.

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