# Proper and normal in quasisimple implies central

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This article gives the statement and possibly, proof, of an implication relation between two group properties. That is, it states that every group satisfying the first group property (i.e., quasisimple group) must also satisfy the second group property (i.e., group in which every proper normal subgroup is central)
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## Statement

### Verbal statement

Any proper normal subgroup in a quasisimple group must be a central subgroup, viz it must be contained inside the center.

In other words, a quasisimple group is a group in which every proper normal subgroup is central. This is equivalent to saying that every proper subnormal subgroup is central.

## Proof

Given: A group $G$ with $[G,G] = G$ and $G/Z(G)$ simple. A normal subgroup $N$ of $G$. $Z(G)$ is the center of $G$.

To prove: $N= G$ or $N \le Z(G)$.

Proof:

1. $NZ(G)/Z(G)$ is a normal subgroup of $G/Z(G)$: Since $N$ is normal in $G$, fact (2) tells us that the image of $N$ under the quotient map $G \to G/Z(G)$ is a normal subgroup of $G/Z(G)$. This image is precisely $NZ(G)/Z(G)$.
2. Either $N \le Z(G)$ or $NZ(G) = G$: Since $G/Z(G)$ is simple, $NZ(G)/Z(G)$ is either trivial or $G/Z(G)$, so $NZ(G) = Z(G)$ (forcing $N \le Z(G)$) or $NZ(G) = G$.
3. If $NZ(G) = G$, then $G/N$ is abelian: By fact (1), $G/N = NZ(G)/N \cong Z(G)/(Z(G) \cap N)$, which is a quotient of abelian groups, hence abelian.
4. If $NZ(G) = G$, then $G = N$: Since $G/N$ is abelian, $[G,G] \le N$, so $G \le N$, since $[G,G] = G$by assumption.

Steps (2) and (4) complete the proof.