Maximal Sylow intersection is tame

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Definition

Suppose is a finite group and is a prime number. Suppose is a Maximal Sylow intersection (?): in other words, is an intersection of two -Sylow subgroups such that no intersection of distinct Sylow subgroups has order bigger than the order of . Then, is a tame Sylow intersection: and are both Sylow subgroups of .

Facts used

  1. Sylow subgroups exist
  2. Sylow implies order-dominating
  3. Prime power order implies nilpotent
  4. Nilpotent implies normalizer condition

Proof

Given: A finite group , a maximal -Sylow intersection .

To prove: is a tame Sylow intersection.

Proof: Suppose is not -Sylow in . We derive a contradiction.

  1. Let be a -Sylow subgroup of containing : exists by facts (1) and (2). Note that is not contained in .
  2. Let be a -Sylow subgroup of containing . is distinct from : Such an exists by fact (2). Distinctness follows because, by assumption, is not contained in .
  3. : The intersection is a -subgroup of containing , which in turn equals .
  4. is a proper subgroup of : By facts (3) and (4) applied to the group , is a proper subgroup of , so is properly contained in .
  5. is not a maximal Sylow intersection: Indeed, is an intersection of distinct Sylow subgroups of order bigger than that of .

Thus, we have achieved the desired contradiction.