Locally primitive block designs

DOI10.1112/JLMS.70221MaRDI QIDQ6951209zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jianfu Chen, Peice Hua, Cai Heng Li, Yanni Wu

Publication date 29 July 2025

Published in Journal of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1112/JLMS.70221

zbMATH Keywords

2-designaffine grouplocally primitive designstransitive permutation group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of block designs (05B05) Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Group actions on combinatorial structures (05E18) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25)

Review text

This paper presents a systematic study of locally primitive 2-designs, proving that their automorphism groups must be flag-transitive and point-primitive, and are necessarily either almost simple or affine. The authors skilfully employ methods from coset graphs and the O'Nan-Scott-Praeger theorem to structure a clear and rigorous proof. Well-chosen examples illustrate each case of the classification. The work significantly advances the interface between combinatorial design theory and finite permutation groups, providing a strong foundation for future classification efforts.

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