Generalised polygons admitting a point-primitive almost simple group of Suzuki or Ree type

zbMATH Open1335.51007arXiv1508.05746MaRDI QIDQ252848FDOQ252848

Authors: Luke Morgan, Tomasz Popiel 

Publication date: 4 March 2016

Published in: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a collineation group of a thick finite generalised hexagon or generalised octagon $Gamma$. If $G$ acts primitively on the points of $Gamma$, then a recent result of Bamberg et al. shows that $G$ must be an almost simple group of Lie type. We show that, furthermore, the minimal normal subgroup $S$ of $G$ cannot be a Suzuki group or a Ree group of type ${}^{2}ext{G}_2$, and that if $S$ is a Ree group of type ${}^{2}ext{F}_4$, then $Gamma$ is (up to point--line duality) the classical Ree--Tits generalised octagon.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05746

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zbMATH Keywords

generalised hexagongeneralised octagonprimitive permutation group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Primitive groups (20B15) Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12)

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