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Mathieu group M22

In the area of modern algebra known as group theory, the Mathieu group M<sub>22</sub> is a sporadic simple group of order

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;443,520 = 2<sup>7</sup>3<sup>2</sup>5711
≈ 4.

History and properties

M<sub>22</sub> is one of the 26 sporadic groups and was introduced by . It is a 3-fold transitive permutation group on 22 objects. The Schur multiplier of M<sub>22</sub> is cyclic of order 12, and the outer automorphism group has order 2.

There are several incorrect statements about the 2-part of the Schur multiplier in the mathematical literature. incorrectly claimed that the Schur multiplier of M<sub>22</sub> has order 3, and in a correction incorrectly claimed that it has order 6. This caused an error in the title of the paper announcing the discovery of the Janko group J4. showed that the Schur multiplier is in fact cyclic of order 12.

calculated the 2-part of all the cohomology of M<sub>22</sub>.

Representations

M<sub>22</sub> has a 3-transitive permutation representation on 22 points, with point stabilizer the group PSL<sub>3</sub>(4), sometimes called M<sub>21</sub>. This action fixes a Steiner system S(3,6,22) with 77 hexads, whose full automorphism group is the automorphism group M<sub>22</sub>.2 of M<sub>22</sub>.

M<sub>22</sub> has three rank 3 permutation representations: one on the 77 hexads with point stabilizer 2<sup>4</sup>:A<sub>6</sub>, and two rank 3 actions on 176 heptads that are conjugate under an outer automorphism and have point stabilizer A<sub>7</sub>.

M<sub>22</sub> is the point stabilizer of the action of M<sub>23</sub> on 23 points, and also the point stabilizer of the rank 3 action of the Higman–Sims group on 100 = 1+22+77 points.

The triple cover 3.M<sub>22</sub> has a 6-dimensional faithful representation over the field with 4 elements.

The 6-fold cover of M<sub>22</sub> appears in the centralizer 2<sup>1+12</sup>.3.(M<sub>22</sub>:2) of an involution of the Janko group J4.

Maximal subgroups

There are no proper subgroups transitive on all 22 points. There are 8 conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups of M<sub>22</sub> as follows:

Conjugacy classes

There are 12 conjugacy classes, though the two classes of elements of order 11 are fused under an outer automorphism.

See also

References

  • Reprinted in
  • (The title of this paper is incorrect, as the full covering group of M<sub>22</sub> was later discovered to be larger: center of order 12, not 6.)

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