On a relation between the rank and the proportion of derangements in finite transitive permutation groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2015.07.003MaRDI QIDQ490920zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors I. M. Isaacs, Pablo Spiga, Robert Guralnick

Publication date 21 August 2015

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2015.07.003

zbMATH Keywords

ranksderangementsfinite transitive permutation groupsfixed point free permutations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiply transitive finite groups (20B20) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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