Regular orbits of symmetric and alternating groups
Group Theory
2018-12-17 v1 Representation Theory
Abstract
Given a finite group and a faithful irreducible -module where has prime order, does have a regular orbit on ? This problem is equivalent to determining which primitive permutation groups of affine type have a base of size 2. In this paper, we classify the pairs for which has a regular orbit on where is a covering group of a symmetric or alternating group and is a faithful irreducible -module such that the order of is prime and divides the order of .
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@article{arxiv.1812.05880,
title = {Regular orbits of symmetric and alternating groups},
author = {Joanna B. Fawcett and E. A. O'Brien and Jan Saxl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.05880},
year = {2018}
}
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26 pages