Finite primitive groups and regular orbits of group elements

DOI10.1090/TRAN6678zbMATH Open1401.20005arXiv1406.1702OpenAlexW2963121842MaRDI QIDQ2833006FDOQ2833006

Authors: Pablo Spiga, Simon Guest 

Publication date: 16 November 2016

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that if $G$ is a finite primitive permutation group and if $g$ is an element of $G$, then either $g$ has a cycle of length equal to its order, or for some $r$, $m$ and $k$, the group $GleqmathrmSym(m)extrmwrmathrmSym(r)$ preserves the product structure of $r$ direct copies of the natural action of $mathrmSym(m)$ on $k$-sets. This gives an answer to a question of Siemons and Zalesski and a solution to a conjecture of Giudici, Praeger and the second author.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.1702

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zbMATH Keywords

primitive groupscycle lengthselement orders

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primitive groups (20B15) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Other matrix groups over finite fields (20H30)

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Uses Software

• Magma
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