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Simple sharply 2-transitive groups

Group Theory 2021-11-19 v1

Abstract

We construct simple sharply 2-transitive groups. Our result answers an open question of Peter Neumann. In fact, we prove that every sharply 2-transitive group of characteristic 0 embeds into a simple sharply 2-transitive group.

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@article{arxiv.2111.09580,
  title  = {Simple sharply 2-transitive groups},
  author = {Simon André and Katrin Tent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.09580},
  year   = {2021}
}
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