On triple factorizations of finite groups.

DOI10.1515/JGT.2010.052zbMATH Open1232.20026arXiv0909.4393OpenAlexW1967784268WikidataQ56987647 ScholiaQ56987647MaRDI QIDQ3174587FDOQ3174587

Seyed Hassan Alavi, Cheryl E. Praeger

Publication date: 17 October 2011

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

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.

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

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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)

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