Maximal supersoluble subgroups of symmetric groups

Summary All maximal supersoluble subgroups of symmetric groups are classified.     

Difference algebraic subgroups of commutative algebraic groups over finite fields

We study the question of which torsion subgroups of commutative algebraic groups over finite fields are contained in modular difference algebraic groups for some choice of a field automorphism. We show that if G is a simple commutative algebraic group over a finite field of characteristic p, ? is a prime different from p, and for some difference closed field (?, σ) the ?-primary torsion of G(?) is contained in a modular group definable in (?, σ), then it is contained in a group of the form {x∈G(?) :σ(x) =[a](x) } with a∈ℕ\p ^ℕ. We show that no such modular group can be found for many G of interest. In the cases that such equations may be found, we recover an effective version of a theorem of Boxall. Received: 28 May 1998 / Revised version: 20 December 1998     

Maximal subgroups in finite and profinite groups

We prove that if a finitely generated profinite group is not generated with positive probability by finitely many random elements, then every finite group is obtained as a quotient of an open subgroup of . The proof involves the study of maximal subgroups of profinite groups, as well as techniques from finite permutation groups and finite Chevalley groups. Confirming a conjecture from Ann. of Math. 137 (1993), 203--220, we then
prove that a finite group has at most maximal soluble subgroups, and show that this result is rather useful in various enumeration problems.

     

Line-transitive collineation groups of finite projective spaces

A collineation group Γ ofPG(d, q), d ≧ 3, which is transitive on lines is shown to be 2-transitive on points unlessd=4,q=2 and |Γ|=31·5. Research supported in part by NSF Grant GP 28420.     

Regular orbits for projective orthogonal groups over finite fields of odd characteristic

In this paper we prove that the projective orthogonal groups over finite fields of odd characteristic acting on the set of points of the corresponding quadrics, have regular orbits apart from a finite number of explicitly listed exceptions occurring in dimension 2 and 3.Lavoro eseguito nell'ambito dei gruppi nazionali del C.N.R. (G.N.S.A.G.A.) e del finanziamento del M.P.I.     

Maximal orders of Abelian subgroups in finite simple groups

We bring out upper bounds for the orders of Abelian subgroups in finite simple groups. (For alternating and classical groups, these estimates are, or are nearly, exact.) Precisely, the following result, Theorem A, is proved. Let G be a non-Abelian finite simple group and G L₂ (q), where q=p^t for some prime number p. Suppose A is an Abelian subgroup of G. Then |A|³<|G|. Our proof is based on a classification of finite simple groups. As a consequence we obtain Theorem B, which states that a non-Abelian finite simple group G can be represented as ABA, where A and B are its Abelian subgroups, iff G≌ L₂(2^t) for some t ≥ 2; moreover, |A|-2^t+1, |B|=2^t, and A is cyclic and B an elementary 2-group. Translated fromAlgebra i Logika, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 131–160, March–April, 1999.     

Maximal cyclic subgroups and prime divisors in finite groups

Let G be a finite group with no chief factor simple of Lie type E ₈(q) and C a cyclic subgroup of largest order in G. It is shown that at most two primes in the open interval ([|C|/2], |C|) divide |G|.Received: 14 January 2005