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On strongly -embedded subgroups of Lie rank 2
Suppose that is a prime, is a finite group and is a strongly
-embedded subgroup in . We consider the possibility that is a
simple group of Lie rank 2 defined in characteristic .Comment: 9 page
An improved 3-local characterisation of McL and its automorphism group
This article presents a 3-local characterisation of the sporadic simple group
McL and its automorphism group. The theorem is underpinned by a further
identification theorem the proof of which is character theoretic. The main
theorem is applied in our investigation of groups with a large 3-subgroup.
An additional file containing Magma code has been attached to this
submission.Comment: Revised following reviewer comment
An identification theorem for the sporadic simple groups F_2 and M(23)
We identify the sporadic groups M(23) and F_2 from the approximate structure
of the centralizer of an element of order 3
On Bruck Loops of 2-power Exponent
The goal of this paper is two-fold. First we provide the information needed
to study Bol, or Bruck loops by applying group theoretic methods. This
information is used in this paper as well as in [BS3] and in [S]. Moreover, we
determine the groups associated to Bruck loops of 2-power exponent under the
assumption that every nonabelian simple group is either passive or
isomorphic to \PSL_2(q), a -power. In a separate paper it is
proven that indeed every nonabelian simple group is either passive or
isomorphic to \PSL_2(q), a -power [S]. The results obtained
here are used in [BS3], where we determine the structure of the groups
associated to the finite Bruck loops.Comment: 26 page
The Local Structure Theorem, the non-characteristic 2 case
Let be a prime, a finite -group, a Sylow
-subgroup of and be a large subgroup of in . The aim of the
Local Structure Theorem is to provide structural information about subgroups
with , and . There is,
however, one configuration where no structural information about can be
given using the methods in the proof of the Local Structure Theorem. In this
paper we show that for this hypothetical configuration cannot occur. We
anticipate that our theorem will be used in the programme to revise the
classification of the finite simple groups