COPRIME COMMUTATORS IN THE SUZUKI GROUPS

In this note we show that every element of a simple Suzuki group $^2B_2(q)$ is a commutator of elements of coprime orders.

Flag-Transitive Non-Symmetric 2-Designs with $(r, \lambda)=1$ and Exceptional Groups of Lie Type

This paper determines all pairs $(\mathcal{D},G)$ where $\mathcal{D}$ is a non-symmetric 2-$(v,k,\lambda)$ design with $(r,\lambda)=1$ and $G$ is the almost simple flag-transitive automorphism group of $\mathcal{D}$ with an exceptional socle of Lie type. We prove that if $T\trianglelefteq G\leq Aut(T)$ where $T$ is an exceptional group of Lie type, then $T$ must be the Ree group or Suzuki group, and there are five classes of designs $\mathcal{D}$.

Centralizers in a group whose central factor is simple

In this paper, we find the number of the element centralizers of a finite group [Formula: see text] such that the central factor of [Formula: see text] is the projective special linear group of degree 2 or the Suzuki group. Our results generalize some main results of [Ashrafi and Taeri, On finite groups with a certain number of centralizers, J. Appl. Math. Comput. 17 (2005) 217–227; Schmidt, Zentralisatorverbände endlicher Gruppen, Rend. Sem. Mat. Univ. Padova 44 (1970) 97–131; Zarrin, On element centralizers in finite groups, Arch. Math. 93 (2009) 497–503]. Also, we give an application of these results.

On the involution fixity of exceptional groups of Lie type

The involution fixity [Formula: see text] of a permutation group [Formula: see text] of degree [Formula: see text] is the maximum number of fixed points of an involution. In this paper we study the involution fixity of primitive almost simple exceptional groups of Lie type. We show that if [Formula: see text] is the socle of such a group, then either [Formula: see text], or [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is a Suzuki group in its natural [Formula: see text]-transitive action of degree [Formula: see text]. This bound is best possible and we present more detailed results for each family of exceptional groups, which allows us to determine the groups with [Formula: see text]. This extends recent work of Liebeck and Shalev, who established the bound [Formula: see text] for every almost simple primitive group of degree [Formula: see text] with socle [Formula: see text] (with a prescribed list of exceptions). Finally, by combining our results with the Lang–Weil estimates from algebraic geometry, we determine bounds on a natural analogue of involution fixity for primitive actions of exceptional algebraic groups over algebraically closed fields.

Character degrees of extensions of the Suzuki groups 2B2(q2)

Let [Formula: see text] be a Suzuki group [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we determine the degrees of the ordinary complex irreducible characters of every group [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text].