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Every finite group is represented by a finite incidence geometry

Group Theory 2025-12-17 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We investigate the relationship between finite groups and incidence geometries through their automorphism structures. Building upon classical results on the realizability of groups as automorphism groups of graphs, we develop a general framework to represent pairs of finite groups (G,H)(G, H), where HGH \trianglelefteq G, as pairs of correlation--automorphism groups of suitable incidence geometries. Specifically, we prove that for every such pair (G,H)(G, H), there exists a finite incidence geometry Γ\Gamma satisfying that the pair (Aut(Γ),AutI(Γ))(\operatorname{Aut}(\Gamma), \operatorname{Aut}_I(\Gamma)) of correlation--automorphism groups of Γ\Gamma is isomorphic to (G,H)(G, H). Our construction proceeds in two main steps: first, we realize (G,H)(G, H) as the correlation and automorphism groups of an incidence system; then, we refine this system into a genuine incidence geometry preserving the same pair of automorphisms groups. We also provide explicit examples, including a family of geometries realizing (Sn,An)(S_n, A_n) for all n2n \ge 2.

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@article{arxiv.2511.02410,
  title  = {Every finite group is represented by a finite incidence geometry},
  author = {Antonio Díaz Ramos and Rémi Molinier and Antonio Viruel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.02410},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

13 pages, minor changes to emphasis that we are dealing with finite groups and finite geometries (included changes in the title)