One point stabilizers in almost simple sharp permutation groups

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In a previous paper [Commun. Algebra 24, No. 12, 3979-3994 (1996; Zbl 0859.20003)] the author showed that the structure of a primitive sharp permutation group \(G\) of type \((\{0,l\},n)\) is completely determined, unless the group \(G\) is almost simple. In the paper under review, he studies the almost simple case and proves that in this case the one point stabilizer \(G_x\) is Frobenius or solvable. He uses a relevant result of Baer and Suzuki: if \(H\) is a finite group admitting a non-trivial partition and \(H\) is not Frobenius, then \(H\) is solvable when the Fitting subgroup of \(H\) is non-trivial, or \(H\) is one of three completely determined types otherwise. The author applies this result to \(G_x\), and by a deep analysis and a long series of lemmas he shows that the three mentioned types cannot occur for \(G_x\), so that its Fitting subgroup is non-trivial. At last, the author proposes a strategy for a proof that the almost simple case cannot occur, namely there are no almost simple, primitive sharp permutation groups of type \((\{0,l\},n)\).











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