A fixed-point theorem for central elements in quasisimple groups
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Abstract:
It is shown that with a few exceptions (which are listed), any central element in a quasisimple finite group fixes some conjugacy class of the group under multiplication.References
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- © Copyright 1994 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 122 (1994), 79-84
- MSC: Primary 20D05; Secondary 20C25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1994-1254833-X
- MathSciNet review: 1254833