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

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2015.07.003zbMATH Open1323.20003OpenAlexW988947245MaRDI QIDQ490920FDOQ490920

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

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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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• On the number of fixed point free elements in a permutation group
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• The proportion of fixed-point-free elements of a transitive permutation group
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• Derangements in finite classical groups for actions related to extension field and imprimitive subgroups and the solution of the Boston–Shalev conjecture
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• On derangements and suborbits in finite transitive groups
• On the number of derangements and derangements of prime power order of the affine general linear groups

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