Huan Xiong

Abelian composition factors of finite rational groups

Motivated by an observation concerning the $S_3$-conjecture, we prove that every abelian composition factor of a finite rational group has order $2$, $3$, or $5$. Thompson previously restricted these orders to $\{2,3,5,7,11\}$; we exclude $7$ and $11$, establishing the bound that he proposed. Together with the work of...