On flag-transitive imprimitive 2-designs

DOI10.1002/JCD.21784arXiv2007.10613OpenAlexW3164153390MaRDI QIDQ6345522FDOQ6345522

Authors: Alice Devillers, Cheryl E. Praeger 

Publication date: 21 July 2020

Abstract: In 1987, Huw Davies proved that, for a flag-transitive point-imprimitive $2$-$(v,k,lambda)$ design, both the block-size $k$ and the number $v$ of points are bounded by functions of $lambda$, but he did not make these bounds explicit. In this paper we derive explicit polynomial functions of $lambda$ bounding $k$ and $v$. For $lambdaleq4$ we obtain a list of `numerically feasible' parameter sets $v,k,lambda$ together with the number of parts and part-size of an invariant point-partition and the size of a nontrivial block-part intersection. Moreover from these parameter sets we determine all examples with fewer than $100$ points. There are exactly eleven such examples, and for one of these designs, a flag-regular, point-imprimitive $2-(36,8,4)$ design with automorphism group $mSym(6)$, there seems to be no construction previously available in the literature.

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21784

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorics (05-XX)

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