Extraspecial and critical implies whole group

From Groupprops

Statement

Suppose is a Group of prime power order (?), and is a Critical subgroup (?) of that is also an Extraspecial group (?). Then, .

Definitions used

Critical subgroup

Further information: critical subgroup

A characteristic subgroup of a finite -group is termed critical if it satisfies the following conditions:

  1. , viz the Frattini subgroup is contained inside the center (i.e., is a Frattini-in-center group).
  2. (i.e., is a commutator-in-center subgroup of ).
  3. (i.e., is a self-centralizing subgroup of ).

Facts used

  1. Extraspecial commutator-in-center subgroup is central factor

Proof

Given: A finite -group , a critical subgroup that is also extraspecial.

To prove: .

Proof: By point (2) of the definition of critical subgroup, is a commutator-in-center subgroup of . Combining this with fact (1) yields that is a central factor of . Thus, .

Point (3) of the definition of critical subgroup says that , so , so , completing the proof.