Intersection density of imprimitive groups of degree pq

MaRDI QIDQ6405135zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Angelot Behajaina, Roghayeh Maleki, A. Sarobidy Razafimahatratra

Publication date 15 July 2022

Abstract: A subset $mathcalF$ of a finite transitive group $GleqoperatornameSym(Omega)$ is emph{intersecting} if any two elements of $mathcalF$ agree on an element of $Omega$. The emph{intersection density} of $G$ is the number $ho(G)=maxleftfracmathcal|F||G|/|Omega|midmathcalFsubsetGmboxisintersectingight$. Recently, Hujdurovi'{c} et al. [Finite Fields Appl., 78 (2022), 101975] disproved a conjecture of Meagher et al. (Conjecture~6.6~(3) in [ J.~Combin. Theory, Ser. A 180 (2021), 105390]) by constructing equidistant cyclic codes which yield transitive groups of degree $pq$, where $p=frac{q}^k-1q-1$ and $q$ are odd primes, and whose intersection density equal to $q$. In this paper, we use the cyclic codes given by Hujdurovi'{c} et al. and their permutation automorphisms to construct a family of transitive groups $G$ of degree $pq$ with $ho(G)=fracqk$, whenever $k<q<p=frac{q}^k-1q-1$ are odd primes. Moreover, we extend their construction using cyclic codes of higher dimension to obtain a new family of transitive groups of degree a product of two odd primes $q<p=frac{q}^k-1q-1$, and whose intersection density are equal to $q$. Finally, we prove that if $GleqoperatornameSym(Omega)$ of degree a product of two arbitrary odd primes $p>q$ and $$ is a proper subgroup, then $ho(G)in1,q$.

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