Simple finite group schemes over an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic p 6= 2, 3 have been classified. We consider the problem of determining their infinitesimal deformations. In particular, we compute the infinitesimal deformations of the simple finite group schemes of height one corresponding to the restricted simple Lie algebras.

this is a survey article on centralizers of finite‎ ‎subgroups in locally finite‎, ‎simple groups or lfs-groups as we‎ ‎will call them‎. ‎we mention some of the open problems about‎ ‎centralizers of subgroups in lfs-groups and applications of the‎ ‎known information about the centralizers of subgroups to the‎ ‎structure of the locally finite group‎. ‎we also prove the‎ ‎following‎: ‎let $g$ be...