Flag transitive automorphism groups of 2-designs with \((r,\lambda)=1\) (Q1112956)

There has been considerable interest recently in the structure of the automorphism groups of block designs. In this paper the author generalizes a result due to the reviewer and \textit{T. M. Gagen} [J. Algebra 86, 549-554 (1984; Zbl 0542.05013)]. A similar result has also been proved by \textit{D. H. Davies} [`Automorphisms of block designs' (Ph.D Thesis UEA 1987)] and F. Buekenhout et al [\textit{F. Buekenhout}, \textit{A. Delandtsheer} and \textit{J. Doyen}, J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 49, 268-293 (1989; Zbl 0658.20001)]. The theorem states that if G is a flag transitive automorphism group of a 2-(v,k,\(\lambda)\) design then the socle of G is either Abelian or simple. The proof is very neat and uses no deep theorems but a clear insight into the structure of such groups. The exposition is occasionally a little spare and the reader has to work quite hard. There is a line missing on page 374, the line which should be line 5.