Abstract
The soluble subgroups of maximal order of the symmetric, alternating, general and special linear groups are determined. Usually, they constitute just one conjugacy class. There are, however, infinitely many exceptions.
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Mann, A. Soluble subgroups of symmetric and linear groups. Israel J. Math. 55, 162–172 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02801992
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02801992