A Remark on Suzuki Groups

A. Cossidente1, G. Marino2
1Dipartimento di Matematica Universita della Basilicata I-85100 Potenza – Italy
2Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Universita di Napoli “Federico II” 80126 Napoli – Italy

Abstract

The maximality of the Suzuki group \(\text{Sz}(K,a)\), \(K\) any commutative field of characteristic \(2\) admitting an automorphism \(\sigma\) such that \(x^{\sigma^2} = x^2\), in the symplectic group \(\text{PSp}_4(K)\), is proved.