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

DOI10.1016/j.jcta.2015.07.003zbMath1323.20003OpenAlexW988947245MaRDI QIDQ490920

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

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

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