Point-primitive, line-transitive generalised quadrangles of holomorph type

DOI10.1515/JGTH-2016-0042MaRDI QIDQ516386zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors John Bamberg, Tomasz Popiel, Cheryl E. Praeger

Publication date 14 March 2017

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.02295

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Primitive groups (20B15) Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Finite partial geometries (general), nets, partial spreads (51E14)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a group of collineations of a finite thick generalised quadrangle $Gamma$. Suppose that $G$ acts primitively on the point set $mathcalP$ of $Gamma$, and transitively on the lines of $Gamma$. We show that the primitive action of $G$ on $mathcalP$ cannot be of holomorph simple or holomorph compound type. In joint work with Glasby, we have previously classified the examples $Gamma$ for which the action of $G$ on $mathcalP$ is of affine type. The problem of classifying generalised quadrangles with a point-primitive, line-transitive collineation group is therefore reduced to the case where there is a unique minimal normal subgroup $M$ and $M$ is non-Abelian.

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