On transitive sets of derangements in primitive groups
Group Theory
2026-05-19 v4
Abstract
We construct a primitive permutation action of the Steinberg triality group of degree and show that there are distinct points such that there is no derangement with . This answers a question by John G. Thompson (Problem 8.75 in the Kourovka Notebook) in the negative.
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@article{arxiv.2304.08459,
title = {On transitive sets of derangements in primitive groups},
author = {Peter Müller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.08459},
year = {2026}
}
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