Splitting the center of a Sylow subgroup
Group Theory
2026-02-03 v1
Abstract
Suppose is a prime and is a Sylow -subgroup of a finite group . If is normal in , then is the direct product of with . We prove an analogous result for all groups except in some cases where and is not solvable, where we have counterexamples. We also extend this result to fusion systems.
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@article{arxiv.2602.01197,
title = {Splitting the center of a Sylow subgroup},
author = {George Glauberman and Justin Lynd},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.01197},
year = {2026}
}
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5 pages