On basic 2-arc-transitive graphs

DOI10.1007/S10801-023-01258-YMaRDI QIDQ6185341zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zai Ping Lu, Ruo Yu Song

Publication date 8 January 2024

Published in Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.07382

zbMATH Keywords

2-arc-transitive graphalmost simple groupquasiprimitive permutation groupstabilizer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25)

Abstract: A connected graph $Gamma=(V,E)$ of valency at least $3$ is called a basic $2$-arc-transitive graph if its full automorphism group has a subgroup $G$ with the following properties: (i) $G$ acts transitively on the set of $2$-arcs of $Gamma$, and (ii) every minimal normal subgroup of $G$ has at most two orbits on $V$. In her papers [17,18], Praeger proved a connected $2$-arc-transitive graph of valency at least $3$ is a normal cover of some basic $2$-arc-transitive graph, and characterized the group-theoretic structures for basic $2$-arc-transitive graphs. Based on Praeger's theorems on $2$-arc-transitive graphs, this paper presents a further understanding on basic $2$-arc-transitive graphs.

Review text

In [J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 47, No. 2, 227--239 (1992; Zbl 0738.05046); Australas. J. Comb. 7, 21--36 (1993; Zbl 0776.05050)], \textit{C. E. Praeger} introduced the ``normal quotient method for analysing highly transitive graphs, and applied the method to 2-arc-transitive graphs. The idea of the method as applied to this setting is that every 2-arc-transitive graph is a normal cover of some ``basic 2-arc-transitive graph: those for which every minimal normal subgroup of some 2-arc-transitive group has at most two orbits on the vertex set of the graph. She left open the classification of ``basic 2-arc transitive graphs, and extensive work on this question has followed. In this paper, from a 2-arc-transitive group \(G\), the authors consider the group \(G^\ast\) generated by the two subgroups of \(G\) that fix either of a pair of adjacent vertices. More precisely, they determine extensive information about the socle (the group generated by the minimal normal subgroups) of \(G^\ast\). Among other things, they show that unless a basic 2-arc-transitive graph is a complete bipartite graph, then the socle of \(G\) and the socle of \(G^\ast\) are the same.

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