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On the Burness-Giudici Conjecture

Combinatorics 2023-06-09 v4 Group Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a permutation group on a set Ω\Omega. A subset of Ω\Omega is a base for GG if its pointwise stabilizer in GG is trivial. By b(G)b(G) we denote the size of the smallest base of GG. Every permutation group with b(G)=2b(G)=2 contains some regular suborbits. It is conjectured by Burness-Giudici in [4] that every primitive permutation group GG with b(G)=2b(G)=2 has the property that if αg∉Γ\alpha^g\not\in \Gamma then ΓΓg\Gamma \cap \Gamma^g\neq \emptyset, where Γ\Gamma is the union of all regular suborbits of GG relative to α\alpha. An affirmative answer of the conjecture has been shown for many sporadic simple groups and some alternative groups in [4], but it is still open for simple groups of Lie-type. The first candidate of infinite family of simple groups of Lie-type we should work on might be PSL(2,q)PSL(2,q), where q5q\geq 5. In this manuscript, we show the correctness of the conjecture for all the primitive groups with socle PSL(2,q)PSL(2,q), see Theorem 1.31.3.

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@article{arxiv.2008.04233,
  title  = {On the Burness-Giudici Conjecture},
  author = {Huye Chen and Shaofei Du},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.04233},
  year   = {2023}
}
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