Binary permutation groups: alternating and classical groups

DOI10.1353/AJM.2020.0000MaRDI QIDQ5218123zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nick Gill, Pablo Spiga

Publication date 28 February 2020

Published in American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.01792

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory for finite permutation groups (20B05) Primitive groups (20B15) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06)

Abstract: We introduce a new approach to the study of finite binary permutation groups and, as an application of our method, we prove Cherlin's binary groups conjecture for groups with socle a finite alternating group, and for the $mathcal{C}_1$-primitive actions of the finite classical groups. Our new approach involves the notion, defined with respect to a group action, of a `emph{beautiful subset}'. We demonstrate how the presence of such subsets can be used to show that a given action is not binary. In particular, the study of such sets will lead to a resolution of many of the remaining open cases of Cherlin's binary groups conjecture.

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