Rank 4 groups with a 3-transitive suborbit

DOI10.1016/0097-3165(85)90039-1MaRDI QIDQ1066993zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Manley Perkel

Publication date 1985

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0097-3165(85)90039-1

zbMATH Keywords

incidence graphsnumber of orbitsrankstabilizertransitive permutation group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) General theory for finite permutation groups (20B05) Multiply transitive finite groups (20B20)

Review text

The rank of a transitive permutation group is defined to be the number of orbits of the stabilizer of a point. This paper is concerned with a rank 4 permutation group G acting on a set \(\Omega\) such that one of the orbits, \(\Delta\) (x), of \(G_ x\) \((=\) the stabilizer of x) has length \(k\geq 3\) and on which \(G_ x\) is 3-transitive. A certain graph \(\Gamma\), whose vertices are the elements of \(\Omega\), is associated with the suborbit \(\Delta\) (x). It is further assumed that \(\Gamma\) is connected and has no quadrangles. The two main theorems contain hypotheses on the 2-transitive representations of an edge stabilizer on two sets of vertices adjacent to that edge. The respective conclusions give descriptive information about such groups. Further, the connection between one of the two theorems and the point-line incidence graphs of Desarguesian projective planes is investigated.

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