The almost simple group conjecture for the divisibility of Sylow subgroup numbers

Let pp be a prime, and for a finite group GG let up(G) u_p(G) denote the number of Sylow pp-subgroups of GG. Say that GG satisfies DivSyl(p)\mathbf{DivSyl}(p) if, for every subgroup HGH\leqslant G, the integer νp(H)\nu_p(H) divides νp(G)\nu_p(G). Let SS be a simple group.

Almost simple group conjecture. If SS satisfies DivSyl(p)\mathbf{DivSyl}(p), then every group LL satisfying

SLAut(S)S\leqslant L\leqslant \operatorname{Aut}(S)

also satisfies DivSyl(p)\mathbf{DivSyl}(p).

This would extend the known result for almost simple groups whose socle has order not divisible by pp. The source presents the assertion as natural because the authors do not know an example of an almost simple group satisfying DivSyl(p)\mathbf{DivSyl}(p) while its simple socle does not; its resolution is not supplied here.

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Primary source

Wenbin Guo and Evgeny Vdovin, “Number of Sylow subgroups in finite groups”, arXiv:1709.00148 (2017).

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