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Simple group embedding from Sylow conjugation

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A finite nonabelian simple group embeds in Anp​​, where np​ is its number of Sylow subgroups for a prime dividing its order. It is not a p-group by the nontrivial-centre property. Thus its Sylow subgroups are proper and cannot be normal, so np​>1. The conjugation action is nontrivial, and its normal kernel of a group homomorphism must therefore be trivial. The sign of this faithful permutation action must be trivial, since a nontrivial sign homomorphism would inject the group into a group of order two. Lagrange's theorem consequently gives ∣G∣∣np​!/2.

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