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Flag-transitive $4$-designs and $PSL(2,q)$ groups

Combinatorics 2019-10-24 v3

Abstract

This paper considers flag-transitive 44-(q+1,k,λ)(q+1,k,\lambda) designs with λ5\lambda\geq5 and q+1>k>4q+1>k>4. Let the automorphism group of a design D\cal D be a simple group G=PSL(2,q)G=PSL(2,q). Depend on the fact that the setwise stabilizer GBG_B must be one of twelve kinds of subgroups, up to isomorphism we get the following two results. (i) If 10λ510\geq \lambda \geq 5, then except (G,Gx,GB,k,λ)=(PSL(2,761),E761C380,S4,24,7)(G,G_x,G_B,k,\lambda)=(PSL(2,761),{E_{761}}\rtimes {C_{380}},S_4,24,7) or (PSL(2,512),E512C511,D18,18,8)(PSL(2,512),{E_{512}}\rtimes {C_{511}},{D_{18}},18,8) undecided, D\cal D is a 44-(24,8,5)(24,8,5), 44-(9,8,5)(9,8,5), 44-(8,6,6)(8,6,6), 44-(10,9,6)(10,9,6), 44-(9,6,10)(9,6,10), 44-(9,7,10)(9,7,10), 44-(12,11,8)(12,11,8) or 44-(14,13,10)(14,13,10) design with GB=D8G_B=D_8, E8C7{E_8}\rtimes {C_7}, D6D_6, E9C4{E_9}\rtimes {C_4}, PSL(2,2)PSL(2,2), D14D_{14}, E11C5{E_{11}}\rtimes {C_{5}} or E13C6{E_{13}}\rtimes {C_6} respectively. (ii) If λ>10\lambda>10, GB=A4{G_B}=A_4, S4S_4, A5A_5, PGL(2,q0)PGL(2,q_0)(g>1g>1 even) or PSL(2,q0)PSL(2,q_0), where q0g=q{q_0}^g=q, then there is no such design.

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@article{arxiv.1908.00760,
  title  = {Flag-transitive $4$-designs and $PSL(2,q)$ groups},
  author = {Huili Dong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.00760},
  year   = {2019}
}
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