Puig subgroup
In finite group theory, a branch of mathematics, the Puig subgroup, introduced by Puig (1976), is a characteristic subgroup of a p-group analogous to the Thompson subgroup.
Definition
[edit]If H is a subgroup of a group G, then LG(H) is the subgroup of G generated by the abelian subgroups normalized by H.
The subgroups Ln of G are defined recursively by
- L0 is the trivial subgroup
- Ln+1 = LG(Ln)
They have the property that
- L0 ⊆ L2 ⊆ L4... ⊆ ...L5 ⊆ L3 ⊆ L1
The Puig subgroup L(G) is the intersection of the subgroups Ln for n odd, and the subgroup L*(G) is the union of the subgroups Ln for n even.
Properties
[edit]Puig proved that if G is a (solvable) group of odd order, p is a prime, and S is a Sylow p-subgroup of G, and the p′-core of G is trivial, then the center Z(L(S)) of the Puig subgroup of S is a normal subgroup of G.
References
[edit]- Bender, Helmut; Glauberman, George (1994), "Appendix B - The Puig Subgroup", Local analysis for the odd order theorem, London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, vol. 188, Cambridge University Press, pp. 139–144, ISBN 978-0-521-45716-3, MR 1311244
- Puig, Luis (1976), "Structure locale dans les groupes finis", Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France (47): 132, ISSN 0037-9484, MR 0450410