Primitive permutation groups of odd degree, and an application to finite projective planes (Q1084492)

The author classifies the primitive permutation groups of odd degree, relying on work of Aschbacher. He applies his result to show the following: Let P be a projective plane of order n, and let G be a collineation group of P acting primitively on points. Then either P is desarguesian and G contains PSL(3,n), or G is regular, or G is a Frobenius group of order dividing \((n^ 2+n+1)(n+1)\) or \((n^ 2+n+1)n\), where \(n^ 2+n+1\) is a prime. As a consequence, if G is flag transitive, then either P is desarguesian or G is a Frobenius group of odd order \((n^ 2+n+1)(n+1)\) where \(n^ 2+n+1\) is a prime.