Dempwolff group


In mathematical finite group theory, the Dempwolff group is a finite group of order 319979520 = 215·32·5·7·31, that is the unique nonsplit extension of by its natural module of order. The uniqueness of such a nonsplit extension was shown by, and the existence by, who showed using some computer calculations of that the Dempwolff group is contained in the compact Lie group as the subgroup fixing a certain lattice in the Lie algebra of, and is also contained in the Thompson sporadic group as a maximal subgroup.
showed that any extension of by its natural module splits if, and showed that it also splits if is not 3, 4, or 5, and in each of these three cases there is just one non-split extension. These three nonsplit extensions can be constructed as follows: