On the maximum order of nilpotent transitive permutation groups.

DOI10.1007/S00013-014-0689-2zbMATH Open1351.20001arXiv1405.5770OpenAlexW2592743062MaRDI QIDQ477310FDOQ477310

Authors: Eleonora Crestani, Pablo Spiga 

Publication date: 3 December 2014

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given two positive integers n and c, we determine an upper bound, as a function of n and c, for the maximum order of a finite nilpotent transitive group of degree n and nilpotency class at most c.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.5770

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zbMATH Keywords

nilpotency classesfinite transitive permutation groupsorder boundsnilpotent transitive groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory for finite permutation groups (20B05) Multiply transitive finite groups (20B20) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15)

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Uses Software

• Magma

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