Janko group J4

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In the area of modern algebra known as group theory, the Janko groupJ4 is a sporadic simple group of order

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   86,775,571,046,077,562,880
= 221 ·33 ·5 ·7 ·113 ·23 ·29 ·31 ·37 ·43
≈ 9×1019.

History

J4 is one of the 26 Sporadic groups. Zvonimir Janko found J4 in 1975 by studying groups with an involution centralizer of the form 21 + 12.3.(M22:2). Its existence and uniqueness was shown using computer calculations by Simon P. Norton and others in 1980. It has a modular representation of dimension 112 over the finite field with 2 elements and is the stabilizer of a certain 4995 dimensional subspace of the exterior square, a fact which Norton used to construct it, and which is the easiest way to deal with it computationally. Aschbacher & Segev (1991) and Ivanov (1992) gave computer-free proofs of uniqueness. Ivanov & Meierfrankenfeld (1999) and Ivanov (2004) gave a computer-free proof of existence by constructing it as an amalgams of groups 210:SL5(2) and (210:24:A8):2 over a group 210:24:A8.

The Schur multiplier and the outer automorphism group are both trivial.

Since 37 and 43 are not supersingular primes, J4 cannot be a subquotient of the monster group. Thus it is one of the 6 sporadic groups called the pariahs.

Representations

The smallest faithful complex representation has dimension 1333; there are two complex conjugate representations of this dimension. The smallest faithful representation over any field is a 112 dimensional representation over the field of 2 elements.

The smallest permutation representation is on 173067389 points and has rank 20, with point stabilizer of the form 211:M24. The points can be identified with certain "special vectors" in the 112 dimensional representation.

Presentation

It has a presentation in terms of three generators a, b, and c as

Alternatively, one can start with the subgroup M24 and adjoin 3975 involutions, which are identified with the trios. By adding a certain relation, certain products of commuting involutions generate the binary Golay cocode, which extends to the maximal subgroup 211:M24. Bolt, Bray, and Curtis showed, using a computer, that adding just one more relation is sufficient to define J4.

Maximal subgroups

Kleidman & Wilson (1988) found the 13 conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups of J4 which are listed in the table below.

Maximal subgroups of J4
No.StructureOrderComments
1211:M24501,397,585,920
= 221.33.5.7.11.23
contains a Sylow 2-subgroup and a Sylow 3-subgroup; contains the centralizer 211:(M22:2) of involution of class 2B
221+12
+
·3.(M22:2)
21,799,895,040
= 221.33.5.7.11
centralizer of involution of class 2A; contains a Sylow 2-subgroup and a Sylow 3-subgroup
3210:L5(2)10,239,344,640
= 220.32.5.7.31
423+12·(S5 × L3(2))660,602,880
= 221.32.5.7
contains a Sylow 2-subgroup
5U3(11):2141,831,360
= 26.32.5.113.37
6M22:2887,040
= 28.32.5.7.11
7111+2
+
:(5 × GL(2,3))
319,440
= 24.3.5.113
normalizer of a Sylow 11-subgroup
8L2(32):5163,680
= 25.3.5.11.31
9PGL(2,23)12,144
= 24.3.11.23
10U3(3)6,048
= 25.33.7
contains a Sylow 3-subgroup
1129:28812
= 22.7.29
Frobenius group; normalizer of a Sylow 29-subgroup
1243:14602
= 2.7.43
Frobenius group; normalizer of a Sylow 43-subgroup
1337:12444
= 22.3.37
Frobenius group; normalizer of a Sylow 37-subgroup

A Sylow 3-subgroup of J4 is a Heisenberg group: order 27, non-abelian, all non-trivial elements of order 3.

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