Flag-transitive non-symmetric 2-designs with \((r, \lambda)=1\) and exceptional groups of Lie type (Q2181996)

Summary: This paper determines all pairs \((\mathcal{D},G)\) where \(\mathcal{D}\) is a non-symmetric \(2-(v,k,\lambda)\) design with \((r,\lambda)=1\) and \(G\) is the almost simple flag-transitive automorphism group of \(\mathcal{D}\) with an exceptional socle of Lie type. We prove that if \(T\trianglelefteq G\leq \Aut(T)\), where \(T\) is an exceptional group of Lie type, then \(T\) must be the Ree group or Suzuki group, and there are five classes of designs \(\mathcal{D} \).