On triple factorizations of finite groups.

DOI10.1515/JGT.2010.052MaRDI QIDQ3174587zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Seyed Hassan Alavi, Cheryl E. Praeger

Publication date 17 October 2011

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4393

zbMATH Keywords

finite groupswreath productsgroup actionspermutation groupstriple factorizationsflag-transitive point-line incidence geometries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primitive groups (20B15) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Products of subgroups of abstract finite groups (20D40) Extensions, wreath products, and other compositions of groups (20E22) Finite affine and projective planes (geometric aspects) (51E15)

Abstract: This paper introduces and develops a general framework for studying triple factorisations of the form $G=ABA$ of finite groups $G$, with $A$ and $B$ subgroups of $G$. We call such a factorisation nondegenerate if $GeqAB$. Consideration of the action of $G$ by right multiplication on the right cosets of $B$ leads to a nontrivial upper bound for $|G|$ by applying results about subsets of restricted movement. For $A<C<G$ and $B<D<G$ the factorisation $G=CDC$ may be degenerate even if $G=ABA$ is nondegenerate. Similarly forming quotients may lead to degenerate triple factorisations. A rationale is given for reducing the study of nondegenerate triple factorisations to those in which $G$ acts faithfully and primitively on the cosets of $A$. This involves study of a wreath product construction for triple factorisations.

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