Affine transformations of finite vector spaces with large orders or few cycles.

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2014.04.023MaRDI QIDQ404369zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Joy Morris, Cheryl E. Praeger, Pablo Spiga, Simon Guest

Publication date 4 September 2014

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.1368, http://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/affine-transformations-of-finite-vector-spaces-with-large-orders-or-few-cycles(4e7d1fcc-1f33-44b9-9248-913fabce7fe6).html

zbMATH Keywords

affine transformationsfinite primitive permutation groupsaffine primitive groupspermutation groups of affine type

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primitive groups (20B15) Other matrix groups over finite fields (20H30)

Abstract: Let V be a d-dimensional vector space over a field of prime order p. We classify the affine transformations of V of order at least p^d/4, and apply this classification to determine the finite primitive permutation groups of affine type, and of degree n, that contain a permutation of order at least n/4. Using this result we obtain a classification of finite primitive permutation groups of affine type containing a permutation with at most four cycles.

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