On the involution fixity of exceptional groups of Lie type

DOI10.1142/S0218196718500200zbMATH Open1498.20127arXiv1707.03562OpenAlexW2964190226WikidataQ115245895 ScholiaQ115245895MaRDI QIDQ4575997FDOQ4575997

Authors: Timothy C. Burness, Adam R. Thomas 

Publication date: 12 July 2018

Published in: International Journal of Algebra and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The involution fixity $mifix(G)$ of a permutation group $G$ of degree $n$ is the maximum number of fixed points of an involution. In this paper we study the involution fixity of primitive almost simple exceptional groups of Lie type. We show that if $T$ is the socle of such a group, then either $mifix(T)>n^{1/3}$, or $mifix(T)=1$ and $T={}^2{B}_2(q)$ is a Suzuki group in its natural $2$-transitive action of degree $n=q^2+1$. This bound is best possible and we present more detailed results for each family of exceptional groups, which allows us to determine the groups with $mifix(T)leqslant{n}^{4/9}$. This extends recent work of Liebeck and Shalev, who established the bound $mifix(T)>n^{1/6}$ for every almost simple primitive group of degree $n$ with socle $T$ (with a prescribed list of exceptions). Finally, by combining our results with the Lang-Weil estimates from algebraic geometry, we determine bounds on a natural analogue of involution fixity for primitive actions of exceptional algebraic groups over algebraically closed fields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.03562

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zbMATH Keywords

involution fixityprimitive actionsfinite exceptional groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primitive groups (20B15) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Exceptional groups (20G41) Maximal subgroups (20E28)

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• Magma
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