On soluble subgroups of sporadic groups

DOI10.1007/S11856-022-2399-YMaRDI QIDQ6103906zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Timothy C. Burness

Publication date 5 June 2023

Published in Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.00718

zbMATH Keywords

base sizesporadic grouptransitive action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory for finite permutation groups (20B05) Simple groups: sporadic groups (20D08)

Abstract: Let $G$ be an almost simple sporadic group and let $H$ be a soluble subgroup of $G$. In this paper we prove that there exists $x,yinG$ such that $Hcap{H}^{x}cap{H}^y=1$, which is equivalent to the bound $b(G,H)leqslant3$ with respect to the base size of $G$ on the set of cosets of $H$. This bound is best possible. In this setting, our main result establishes a strong form of a more general conjecture of Vdovin on the intersection of conjugate soluble subgroups of finite groups. The proof uses a combination of computational and probabilistic methods.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a finite transitive permutation group on a set \(\Omega\) with point stabiliser \(H\). A subset of \(\Omega\) is a base for \(G\) if its pointwise stabiliser in \(G\) is trivial; the minimal size \(b(G, H)\) of a base is called the base size of \(G\). Let \(G\) be an almost simple sporadic group and let \(H\) be a soluble subgroup of \(G\). In this paper, the author proves that \(H \cap H^{x} \cap H^{y} = 1\) for some elements \(x,y \in G\), which is equivalent to the bound \(b(G, H) \leq 3\) with respect to the base size for the natural action of \(G\) on the set of cosets of \(H\). This bound is best possible. This result establishes a strong form of a more general conjecture of \textit{E. P. Vdovin} [J. Algebra Appl. 11, No. 1, Article ID 1250015, 14 p. (2012; Zbl 1251.20003)] on the intersection of conjugate soluble subgroups of finite groups.

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