The number of string C-groups of high rank

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Authors Peter J. Cameron, Maria Elisa Fernandes, Dimitri Leemans

Publication date 24 December 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetric groups (20B30) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11)

Abstract: If $G$ is a transitive group of degree $n$ having a string C-group of rank $rgeq(n+3)/2$, then $G$ is necessarily the symmetric group $S_n$. We prove that if $n$ is large enough, up to isomorphism and duality, the number of string C-groups of rank $r$ for $S_n$ (with $rgeq(n+3)/2$) is the same as the number of string C-groups of rank $r+1$ for $S_{n+1}$. This result and the tools used in its proof, in particular the rank and degree extension, imply that if one knows the string C-groups of rank $(n+3)/2$ for $S_n$ with $n$ odd, one can construct from them all string C-groups of rank $(n+3)/2+k$ for $S_{n+k}$ for any positive integer $k$. The classification of the string C-groups of rank $rgeq(n+3)/2$ for $S_n$ is thus reduced to classifying string C-groups of rank $r$ for $S_{2r-3}$. A consequence of this result is the complete classification of all string C-groups of $S_n$ with rank $n-kappa$ for $kappain1,ldots,6$, when $ngeq2kappa+3$, which extends previously known results. The number of string C-groups of rank $n-kappa$, with $ngeq2kappa+3$, of this classification gives the following sequence of integers indexed by $kappa$ and starting at $kappa=1$: ${\displaystyle }$(1,1,7,9,35,48)${\displaystyle }$ This sequence of integers is new according to the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. It will be available as sequence number A359367.

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