Almost simple group

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This article defines a group property: a property that can be evaluated to true/false for any given group, invariant under isomorphism
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Definition

Symbol-free definition

A group is said to be almost simple if there is a simple non-Abelian group such that the given group can be embedded between the simple group and its automorphism group.

Definition with symbols

A group is said to be almost simple if there is a simple non-Abelian group such that .

Relation with other properties

Stronger properties