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We investigate the class of quasitrivial semigroups and provide various characterizations of the subclass of quasitrivial and commutative semigroups as well as the subclass of quasitrivial and order-preserving semigroups. We also determine…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-05-10 Miguel Couceiro , Jimmy Devillet , Jean-Luc Marichal

J.M. Howie, the influential St Andrews semigroupist, claimed that we value an area of pure mathematics to the extent that (a) it gives rise to arguments that are deep and elegant, and (b) it has interesting interconnections with other parts…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-08-19 João Araújo , Peter J. Cameron

While every group is isomorphic to a transitive group of permutations, the analogous property fails for inverse semigroups: not all inverse semigroups are isomorphic to transitive inverse semigroups of one-to-one partial transformations of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-09 Boris M. Schein

A permutation group is called semiprimitive if each of its normal subgroups is either transitive or semiregular. Given nontrivial finite transitive permutation groups $L_1$ and $L_2$ with $L_1$ not semiprimitive, we construct an infinite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-05 Luke Morgan , Pablo Spiga , Gabriel Verret

In this paper, we study intersecting sets in primitive and quasiprimitive permutation groups. Let $G \leqslant \mathrm{Sym}(\Omega)$ be a transitive permutation group, and ${S}$ an intersecting set. Previous results show that if $G$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Cai Heng Li , Shu Jiao Song , Venkata Raghu Tej Pantangi

For each finite classical group $G$, we classify the subgroups of $G$ which act transitively on a $G$-invariant set of subspaces of the natural module, where the subspaces are either totally isotropic or nondegenerate. Our proof uses the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-15 Michael Giudici , S. P. Glasby , Cheryl E. Praeger

Semigroups generated by topological operations such as closure, interior or boundary are considered. It is noted that some of these semigroups are in general finite and noncommutative. The problem is formulated whether they are always…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2008-05-13 Elemer E Rosinger

Given a transitive permutation group, a fundamental object for studying its higher transitivity properties is the permutation action of its isotropy subgroup. We reverse this relationship and introduce a universal construction of infinite…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-29 Bruno Duchesne , Nicolas Monod , Phillip Wesolek

In this paper, we introduce and study two new classes of commutative rings, namely semi transitional rings and transitional rings, which extend several classical ideas arising from rings of continuous functions and their variants. A general…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2025-11-21 Sourav Koner , Titas Saha , Biswajit Mitra

A deterministic finite (semi)automaton is primitive if its transition monoid (semigroup) acting on the set of states has no non-trivial congruences. It is synchronizing if it contains a constant map (transformation). In analogy to…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Igor Rystsov , Marek Szykuła

A transitive group $G$ of permutations of a set $\Omega$ is primitive if the only $G$-invariant equivalence relations on $\Omega$ are the trivial and universal relations. If $\alpha \in \Omega$, then the orbits of the stabiliser $G_\alpha$…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-02-19 Simon M. Smith

We prove that, for a primitive permutation group G acting on a set of size n, other than the alternating group, the probability that Aut(X,Y^G) = G for a random subset Y of X, tends to 1 as n tends to infinity. So the property of the title…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-09-09 Laszlo Babai , Peter J. Cameron

A transitive smooth action of a connected Lie group G on a manifold M is called almost primitive (resp. primitive) if G doesn't contain any proper subgroup (resp. any proper normal subgroup) whose induced action on M is transitive as well.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michel Nguiffo Boyom

A transitive decomposition of a graph is a partition of the edge set together with a group of automorphisms which transitively permutes the parts. In this paper we determine all transitive decompositions of the Johnson graphs such that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-12-12 Alice Devillers , Michael Giudici , Cai Heng Li , Cheryl E. Praeger

We obtain upper bounds on the composition length of a finite permutation group in terms of the degree and the number of orbits, and analogous bounds for primitive, quasiprimitive and semiprimitive groups. Similarly, we obtain upper bounds…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-15 S. P. Glasby , Cheryl E. Praeger , Kyle Rosa , Gabriel Verret

A classification is given of rank 3 group actions which are quasiprimitive but not primitive. There are two infinite families and a finite number of individual imprimitive examples. When combined with earlier work of Bannai, Kantor,…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Alice Devillers , Michael Giudici , Cai Heng Li , Geoffrey Pearce , Cheryl E. Praeger

We investigate classifications of quasitrivial semigroups defined by certain equivalence relations. The subclass of quasitrivial semigroups that preserve a given total ordering is also investigated. In the special case of finite semigroups,…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2020-05-21 Jimmy Devillet , Jean-Luc Marichal , Bruno Teheux

The following problem is considered: if $H$ is a semiregular abelian subgroup of a transitive permutation group $G$ acting on a finite set $X$, find conditions for (non) existence of $G$-invariant partitions of $X$. Conditions presented in…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-04-04 Istvan Kovacs , Aleksander Malnic , Dragan Marusic , Stefko Miklavic

We classify the finite quasisimple groups whose commuting graph is perfect and we give a general structure theorem for finite groups whose commuting graph is perfect.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-26 John R. Britnell , Nick Gill

In this paper, we consider a question of sum-keeping about a multiplicative subsemigroup and its generator subsets in a semiring, and develop some elementary (collapse) process of the sum-keeping retraction through subsets until one minimal…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-04 Derong Qiu