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2-Signalizers of Finite Simple Groups

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Maximal 2-signalizers and centralizers of Sylow 2-subgroups in all finite simple groups are described. Also normalizers are computed for Sylow 2-subgroups in the finite simple groups of exceptional Lie type over a field of odd characteristic.

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Kondratiev, A.S., Mazurov, V.D. 2-Signalizers of Finite Simple Groups. Algebra and Logic 42, 333–348 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025923522954

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