Primitive permutation groups with a solvable 2-transitive subconstituent. (Q2438446)

For a permutation group \(G\) acting on a finite set \(\Omega\) and a point \(\alpha\in\Omega\), a suborbit \(\Delta(\alpha)\) is an orbit of the point stabilizer \(G_\alpha\) on \(\Omega\). The permutation group induced by \(G_\alpha\) on \(\Delta(\alpha)\) is called a subconstituent of \(G\). Moreover, \(G\) is said to be uniprimitive if \(G\) is primitive but not 2-transitive. In this paper, the author investigates uniprimitive permutation groups which have a solvable 2-transitive subconstituent. He determines all such groups \(G\) which have a simple socle. In this case, the stabilizer \(G_\alpha\) is solvable and the classification of all solvable maximal subgroups of almost simple groups (see the paper by \textit{C. H. Li} and \textit{H. Zhang} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 103, No. 3, 441-472 (2011; Zbl 1232.20005)]) and \textit{B. Huppert}'s classification of solvable 2-transitive groups [Math. Z. 68, 126-150 (1957; Zbl 0079.25502)] are used. \textit{A. A. Ivanov} and \textit{C. E. Praeger} [Eur. J. Comb. 14, No. 5, 421-444 (1993; Zbl 0794.05045)] classified the affine primitive permutation groups (that is the case when \(G\) has an elementary Abelian socle) with a selfpaired 2-transitive subconstituent. In this paper, the author gives also an infinite family of affine primitive groups with non-self-paired solvable 2-transitive subconstituents.