\textit{KT}-fields and sharply triply transitive groups (Q1620781)

Let $G$ be a sharply $3$-transitive permutation group and let $C$ be a conjugacy class of involutions of the stabilizer $G_{\{x,y\}}$ of a $2$-set $\{x,y\}$ of points. The authors prove the following results. If $cd$ has finite order for all $c,d\in C$, then the group $G$ is locally finite (hence known by \textit{O. H. Kegel} [Arch. Math. 18, 337--348 (1967; Zbl 0189.31103)]). If any two non-commuting elements of $C$ are conjugate by some element of $C$, then $G= \mathrm{PGL}_2 F$ for some field $F$.