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Primitive normalisers in quasipolynomial time

Group Theory 2021-12-02 v1

Abstract

The normaliser problem has as input two subgroups HH and KK of the symmetric group SnS_n, and asks for a generating set for NK(H)N_K(H): it is not known to have a subexponential time solution. It is proved in [Roney-Dougal & Siccha, 2020] that if HH is primitive then the normaliser problem can be solved in quasipolynomial time. We show that for all subgroups HH and KK of SnS_n, in quasipolynomial time we can decide whether NSn(H)N_{S_n}(H) is primitive, and if so compute NK(H)N_K(H). Hence we reduce the question of whether one can solve the normaliser problem in quasipolynomial time to the case where the normaliser is known not to be primitive.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2106.01886,
  title  = {Primitive normalisers in quasipolynomial time},
  author = {Mun See Chang and Colva M. Roney-Dougal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.01886},
  year   = {2021}
}
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