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Soluble subgroups of symmetric and linear groups

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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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