Mathieu groups



In [DK2] B. Külshammer and S. Danz determined the vertices of the simple modules for the sporadic simple Mathieu groups M22, M23 and M24 over a field F of characteristic 2 and 3, respectively. Moreover, the simple modules for the automorphism group M22:2 of M22 and those for the covering groups and the bicyclic extensions of M22 have been investigated.

For each simple module, besides its vertices, also its sources and its Green correspondent with respect to the normalizer of some vertex have been determined. Most of the results are due to computer calculations with the computer algebra system MAGMA. The MAGMA source code of our algorithms used to perform the vertex computation can be found here.

In the following we summarize the results presented in [DK2].

For each group G under consideration, we give a permutation representation. Permutation representations of the vertices and their normalizers of the simple FG-modules in characteristic 2 and 3, respectively, are given as well. Furthermore, we provide representing matrices for the simple modules and, if computed, their Green correspondents and sources.



Characteristic 2 Characteristic 3
M22M22
M22:2M22:2
3.M222.M22
3.M22:24.M22
M232.M22.2
M244.M22.2
M23
M24


M22 in characteristic 2

Blocks:

  • one block, i.e. the principal block B1 of defect 7

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 22 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 2-subgroup Q of M22; NM 22(Q)=Q

Modules:


M22:2 in characteristic 2

Blocks:

  • one block, i.e. the principal block B1 of defect 8

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 22 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 2-subgroup P of M22:2, and a Sylow 2-subgroup Q ≤ P of M22
  • NM 22(P)=P=NM 22(Q)

Modules:


3.M22 in characteristic 2

Blocks:

  • five blocks, i.e. the principal block B1 of defect 7, two faithful blocks B2 and B3=B2* of defect 7, and two blocks of defect 0

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 693 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 2-subgroup P of 3.M22; N3.M 22(P) is isomorphic to C3x P

Modules:


3.M22:2 in characteristic 2

-- coming soon --

M23 in characteristic 2

Blocks:

  • the principal block B1 of defect 7, and two dual blocks of defect 0

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of M23 on 23 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 2-subgroup P of M23; N M23(P)=P

Modules:


M24 in characteristic 2

Blocks:

  • one block, i.e. the principal block B1 of defect 10

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 24 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 2-subgroup P of M24; NM24(P)=P
  • a Sylow 2-subgroup Q of the commutator subgroup of the maximal subgroup 26:(L3(2)xS3)< M24
  • Q has order 512, NM24(Q) has order 3072, and the quotient group NM24(Q)/Q is isomorphic to S3

Modules:



M22 in characteristic 3

Blocks:

  • the principal block B1 of defect 2 with elementary abelian defect groups
  • the block B2 of defect 1, and
  • the blocks B3, B4=B3*, B5 of defect 0

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 22 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 3-subgroup P of M22; NM22(P) has order 72 and is isomorphic to M9
  • a defect group C of the block B2
  • NM22(C) has order 72. It has elementary abelian Sylow 3-subgroups of order 9 and dihedral Sylow 2-subgroups of order 8. The quotient group NM22(C)/C is isomorphic to S4. An explicit isomorphism is given here.

Modules:


M22:2 in characteristic 3

Blocks:

  • nine blocks, the ones of positive defect are the principal block B1 of defect 2, and the blocks B2 and B3 of defect 1

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 22 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 3-subgroup P of both M22 and M22:2
  • NM22:2(P)= NM22(P):2 is isomorphic to a split extension M9:2.
  • a defect group C of the blocks B2 and B3
  • NM22:2(C) has order 144, and the quotient group NM22:2(C)/C is isomorphic to S4xC2. An explicit isomorphism is given here.

Modules:


2.M22 in characteristic 3

Blocks:

  • nine blocks, the faithful ones are the block B3 of defect 2 with elementary abelian defect groups, and the block B4 of defect 1

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 660 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 3-subgroup P of 2.M22; N2.M22(P) has order 144
  • a defect group C of the block B4
  • N2.M22(C) has order 144, and the quotient group N2.M22(C)/C is isomorphic to S4xC2. An explicit isomorphism is given here.

Modules:


4.M22 in characteristic 3

Blocks:

  • 15 blocks, the faithful ones are the blocks B5 and B6=B5* of defect 2 with elementary abelian defect groups

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 4928 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 3-subgroup P of 4.M22; N4.M22(P) has order 288, and is isomorphic to a split extension P:(C4:C8)

Modules:


2.M22.2 in characteristic 3

Blocks:

    13 blocks, the faithful ones of positive defect are the block B4 of defect 2 with elementary abelian defect groups, and the blocks B5 and B6 of defect 1

Groups:

  • a permutation representation of the group on 9240 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 3-subgroup P< 2.M22 of 2.M22.2=:G; the normalizer NG(P) has order 288 and is an extension N2.M22(P).2.
  • a common defect group C< 2.M22 of the blocks B5 and B6; the normalizer NG(C) has order 288 and is an extension N2.M22(C).2.

Modules:


4.M22.2 in characteristic 3

-- coming soon --

M23 in characteristic 3

Blocks:

  • seven blocks, the ones of positive defect are the principal block B1 of defect 2 with elementary abelian defect groups, and the block B4 of defect 1

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group on 23 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 3-subgroup P of M23; NM23(P) has order 144 and is isomorphic to a split extension M9:2. An explicit isomorphism is given here.
  • a defect group C of the block B4
  • NM23(C) and is isomorphic to a split extension (A5xC3):2. The quotient group NM23(C)/C is isomorphic to S5.

Modules:


M24 in characteristic 3

Blocks:

  • six blocks: the principal block B1 of defect 3 with extraspecial defect group of exponent 3, the blocks B2, B3=B2*, B4 and B5 of defect 1, and the block B6 of defect 0

Groups:

  • A permutation representation of the group of 24 points is given here.
  • a Sylow 3-subgroup P of M24; NM24(P) has order 216, and the quotient group NM24(P)/P is isomorphic to the dihedral group of order 8
  • a common defect group C3,1 of the blocks B2, B3, B5
  • NM24(C3,1) is isomorphic to L2(7)xS3
  • a defect group C3,2 of the block B4
  • NM24(C3,2) is isomorphic to an extension 3.S6
  • a subgroup Q of M24 of order 9
  • NM24(Q) is isomorphic to the automorphism group of M9 which is a split extension M9:S3, and the quotient group NM24(Q)/Q is isomorphic to GL(2,3). An explicit isomorphism is given here.

Modules:



References