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Fusion system

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Definition

Let P be a group of prime power order, say a finite p-group, for a prime p. A fusion system \mathcal{F} on P is a category on P (in the sense of a category on a finite p-group) with the following properties:

  • For any subgroups Q, R \le P, all injective homomorphisms from Q to R that arise as restrictions of inner automorphisms of P, are present in \mathcal{F}.
  • The inner automorphisms of P form a Sylow subgroup of the group of automorphisms of P in \mathcal{F}. In other words, the inner fusion system is a subcategory of \mathcal{F}.
  • It satisfies the extension axiom. The extension axiom is as follows:

Call a subgroup R of P fully normalized by \mathcal{F} if |N_P(Q)| \le |N_P(R)| for any Q \cong R where \cong is isomorphism in the category \mathcal{F}.

Also define, for any morphism \varphi:Q \to P in \mathcal{F}:

N_\varphi = \{ y \in N_P(Q) \mid \exists z \in N_P(\varphi(Q)), \varphi(yuy^{-1}) = z\varphi(u)z^{-1} \ \forall u \in Q \}

Then the statement of the extension axiom is:

Every morphism \varphi:Q \to P such that \varphi(Q) is fully \mathcal{F}-normalized, extends to a morphism \psi:N_\varphi \to P.

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