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Why do we say the Fitting subgroup/generalized Fitting subgroup control the structure of a group?

I’m learning the Fitting subgroup these days. I’m interested in this topic and particularly in the role that it plays in the structure of groups. Many people on MSE mentioned that the Fitting subgroup/...
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Automorphisms of (nilpotent) groups : torsion cokernel on the abelianisation implies torsion cokernel on the center?

$\DeclareMathOperator\Aut{Aut}\DeclareMathOperator\End{End}\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\Z{Z}\DeclareMathOperator\Sp{Sp}\DeclareMathOperator\Span{Span}\DeclareMathOperator\ker{ker}\...
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