Intersection density of transitive groups of certain degrees

Abstract: Two elements

g

and

h

of a permutation group

G

acting on a set

V

are said to be intersecting if

g (v) = h (v)

for some

v i n V

. More generally, a subset

c a l F

of

G

is an intersecting set if every pair of elements of

c a l F

is intersecting. The intersection density

h o (G)

of a transitive permutation group

G

is the maximum value of the quotient

| c a l F | / | G_{v} |

where

c a l F

runs over all intersecting sets in

G

and

G_{v}

is a stabilizer of

v i n V

. In this paper the intersection density of transitive groups of degree twice a prime is determined, and proved to be either

1

or

2

. In addition, it is proved that the intersection density of transitive groups of prime power degree is

1

.

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