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Aschbacher block

Finite group in mathematics


Finite group in mathematics

In finite group theory, a branch of mathematics, a block, sometimes called Aschbacher block, is a subgroup giving an obstruction to Thompson factorization and pushing up. Blocks were introduced by Michael Aschbacher.

Definition

A group L is called short if it has the following properties :

  1. L has no subgroup of index 2
  2. The generalized Fitting subgroup F*(L) is a 2-group O2(L)
  3. The subgroup U = [O2(L), L] is an elementary abelian 2-group in the center of O2(L)
  4. L/O2(L) is quasisimple or of order 3
  5. L acts irreducibly on U/C**U(L)

An example of a short group is the semidirect product of a quasisimple group with an irreducible module over the 2-element field F2

A block of a group G is a short subnormal subgroup.

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