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Flag-transitive, point-imprimitive symmetric $2$-$(v,k,\lambda )$ designs with $k>\lambda \left(\lambda-3 \right)/2$

Combinatorics 2022-06-15 v2

Abstract

Let D=(P,B)\mathcal{D}=\left(\mathcal{P},\mathcal{B} \right) be a symmetric 22-(v,k,λ)(v,k,\lambda ) design admitting a flag-transitive, point-imprimitive automorphism group GG that leaves invariant a non-trivial partition Σ\Sigma of P\mathcal{P}. Praeger and Zhou \cite{PZ} have shown that, there is a constant k0k_{0} such that, for each BBB \in \mathcal{B} and ΔΣ\Delta \in \Sigma, the size of BΔ\left\vert B \cap \Delta \right \vert is either 00 or k0k_{0}. In the present paper we show that, if k>λ(λ3)/2k>\lambda \left(\lambda-3 \right)/2 and k03k_{0} \geq 3, D\mathcal{D} is isomorphic to one of the known flag-transitive, point-imprimitive symmetric 22-designs with parameters (45,12,3)(45,12,3) or (96,20,4)(96,20,4).

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@article{arxiv.2203.09261,
  title  = {Flag-transitive, point-imprimitive symmetric $2$-$(v,k,\lambda )$ designs with $k>\lambda \left(\lambda-3 \right)/2$},
  author = {Alessandro Montinaro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.09261},
  year   = {2022}
}
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