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S3-free 2-fusion systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2012

Michael Aschbacher*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA (asch@its.caltech.edu)
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Abstract

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We develop a theory of 2-fusion systems of even characteristic, and use that theory to show that all S3-free saturated 2-fusion systems are constrained. This supplies a new proof of Glauberman's Theorem on S4-free groups and its various corollaries.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2012

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