A characterisation of weakly locally projective amalgams related to A₁₆ and the sporadic simple groups M₂₄ and He.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2016.04.008zbMATH Open1350.20004arXiv1405.3416OpenAlexW2338379869WikidataQ56987354 ScholiaQ56987354MaRDI QIDQ296667FDOQ296667

Authors: Michael Giudici, Luke Morgan, Cheryl E. Praeger, Alexander A. Ivanov 

Publication date: 23 June 2016

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A simple undirected graph is weakly $G$-locally projective, for a group of automorphisms $G$, if for each vertex $x$, the stabiliser $G(x)$ induces on the set of vertices adjacent to $x$ a doubly transitive action with socle the projective group $L_{n_x}(q_x)$ for an integer $n_x$ and a prime power $q_x$. It is $G$-locally projective if in addition $G$ is vertex transitive. A theorem of Trofimov reduces the classification of the $G$-locally projective graphs to the case where the distance factors are as in one of the known examples. Although an analogue of Trofimov's result is not yet available for weakly locally projective graphs, we would like to begin a program of characterising some of the remarkable examples. We show that if a graph is weakly locally projective with each $q_x=2$ and $n_x=2$ or $3$, and if the distance factors are as in the examples arising from the rank 3 tilde geometries of the groups $M_{24}$ and $He$, then up to isomorphism there are exactly two possible amalgams. Moreover, we consider an infinite family of amalgams of type $mathcal{U}_n$ (where each $q_x=2$ and $n=n_x+1geq4$) and prove that if $ngeq5$ there is a unique amalgam of type $mathcal{U}_n$ and it is unfaithful, whereas if $n=4$ then there are exactly four amalgams of type $mathcal{U}_4$, precisely two of which are faithful, namely the ones related to $M_{24}$ and $He$, and one other which has faithful completion $A_{16}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.3416

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zbMATH Keywords

amalgamslocally-transitive graphssporadic simple groupsweakly locally projective graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Simple groups: sporadic groups (20D08)

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Uses Software

• Magma

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