On base sizes for almost simple primitive groups

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2018.08.032MaRDI QIDQ1799008zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Timothy C. Burness

Publication date 18 October 2018

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10955

zbMATH Keywords

primitive permutation groupssimple groupsbase sizes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primitive groups (20B15) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05) Simple groups (20E32)

Abstract: Let $GleqslantmSym(Omega)$ be a finite almost simple primitive permutation group, with socle $G_0$ and point stabilizer $H$. A subset of $Omega$ is a base for $G$ if its pointwise stabilizer is trivial; the base size of $G$, denoted $b(G)$, is the minimal size of a base. We say that $G$ is standard if $G_0=A_n$ and $Omega$ is an orbit of subsets or partitions of $1,ldots,n$, or if $G_0$ is a classical group and $Omega$ is an orbit of subspaces (or pairs of subspaces) of the natural module for $G_0$. The base size of a standard group can be arbitrarily large, in general, whereas the situation for non-standard groups is rather more restricted. Indeed, we have $b(G)leqslant7$ for every non-standard group $G$, with equality if and only if $G$ is the Mathieu group ${mM}_{24}$ in its natural action on $24$ points. In this paper, we extend this result by classifying the non-standard groups with $b(G)=6$. The main tools include recent work on bases for actions of simple algebraic groups, together with probabilistic methods and improved fixed point ratio estimates for exceptional groups of Lie type.

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