Each invertible sharply d-transitive finite permutation set with d 4 is a group

DOI10.1023/A:1011211907282MaRDI QIDQ1840657zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Pasquale Quattrocchi, A. Bonisoli

Publication date 29 October 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011211907282

zbMATH Keywords

invertible sharply \(d\)-transitive permutation sets MAGMA permutation groups point-block geometries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiply transitive finite groups (20B20) Combinatorial geometries and geometric closure systems (51D20)

Review text

A permutation set \(H\) on \(X\) is a subset of \(\text{Sym}(X)\). \(H\) is called invertible if \(H\) contains the identity and the inverse \(h^{-1}\) of every permutation \(h\) in \(H\). Let \(H\) be an invertible sharply \(d\)-transitive permutation set on a finite set \(X\) with \(d\geq 4\). The authors prove that \(H\) must be a permutation group. More precisely: (i) if \(d\geq 6\), \(H\) is either \(S_d\), \(S_{d+1}\) or \(A_{d+2}\), (ii) if \(d=5\), \(H\) is either \(S_5\), \(S_6\), \(A_7\) or \(M_{12}\), (iii) if \(d=4\), \(H\) is either \(S_4\), \(S_5\), \(A_6\) or \(M_{11}\). The proof relies at some points on a complete investigation by computer (with MAGMA programs). The authors make a link between permutation sets and some point-block geometries. If the permutation set is sharply \((m+2)\)-transitive, the corresponding geometry is called a Minkowski \(m\)-structure.

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