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Classifying Solvable Primitive Permutation Groups of Low Rank

Group Theory 2022-12-01 v1

Abstract

Suppose that GG is a finite, transitive, solvable permutation group acting on a set SS with nn elements. Let G0G_0 be the stabilizer of a point αΩ\alpha \in \Omega. Define the rank of a permutation group, denoted r(G),r(G), as the number of distinct orbits of G0G_0 in SS (including the trivial orbit {α}\{\alpha\}). Huppert \cite{Huppert} and Foulser \cite{Foulser} classified all finite, solvable, permutation groups of rank two and three respectively, and Foulser restricted the rank four groups to a small list of possibilities. This paper completes the classification of all groups of rank less than 55 by explicitly confirming these past results and computationally constructing the groups of rank 44.

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@article{arxiv.2211.16558,
  title  = {Classifying Solvable Primitive Permutation Groups of Low Rank},
  author = {Mallory Dolorfino and Luke Martin and Zachary Slonim and Yuxuan Sun and Yong Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.16558},
  year   = {2022}
}
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