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On flag-transitive automorphism groups of symmetric designs

Group Theory 2019-01-15 v1

Abstract

In this article, we study flag-transitive automorphism groups of non-trivial symmetric (v,k,λ)(v, k, \lambda) designs, where λ\lambda divides kk and kλ2k\geq \lambda^2. We show that such an automorphism group is either point-primitive of affine or almost simple type, or point-imprimitive with parameters v=λ2(λ+2)v=\lambda^{2}(\lambda+2) and k=λ(λ+1)k=\lambda(\lambda+1), for some positive integer λ\lambda. We also provide some examples in both possibilities.

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@article{arxiv.1901.04198,
  title  = {On flag-transitive automorphism groups of symmetric designs},
  author = {Seyed Hassan Alavi and Ashraf Daneshkhah and Narges Okhovat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.04198},
  year   = {2019}
}