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Considering a finite group $G$, for any element $x\in G$, the solvabilizer of $x$ in $G$ is defined as $Sol_G(x)=\{y \in G : \langle x, y \rangle \text{ is solvable}\}$. In this paper, we introduce $Solv(G)$ as the number of distinct…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Banafsheh Akbari , Ethan Han , Sasha Lin , Benjamin Vakil

Given a finite group $G$ and a faithful irreducible $FG$-module $V$ where $F$ has prime order, does $G$ have a regular orbit on $V$? This problem is equivalent to determining which primitive permutation groups of affine type have a base of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-17 Joanna B. Fawcett , E. A. O'Brien , Jan Saxl

We give a classification of ordered five points in $\mathbb P^3$ under the diagonal action of $GL_4$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$, by an explicit description of the diagonal action of $GL_4$ on the quintuple of…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-17 Naoya Shimamoto

If $G$ is a group acting on a set $\Omega$ and $\alpha, \beta \in \Omega$, the digraph whose vertex set is $\Omega$ and whose arc set is the orbit $(\alpha, \beta)^G$ is called an {\em orbital digraph} of $G$. Each orbit of the stabiliser…

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

Let G be a finite solvable permutation group. Then modulo a possibly trivial normal elementary abelian 3-subgroup, some set-stabilizer in G is a 2-group.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-01 David Gluck

In this paper we study finite semiprimitive permutation groups, that is, groups in which each normal subgroup is transitive or semiregular. We give bounds on the order, base size, minimal degree, fixity, and chief length of an arbitrary…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-06-05 Luke Morgan , Cheryl E. Praeger , Kyle Rosa

The orbit dimension $\sigma(G)$ (also called the separation number or rigidity index) of a permutation group $G$ with domain $\Omega$ is the minimum cardinality of a subset $S \subseteq \Omega$ such that, for any two distinct elements…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Alice Drera , Pablo Spiga

Problem 8.75 of the Kourovka Notebook [10], attributed to John G. Thompson, asks the following: Suppose $G$ is a finite primitive permutation group on $\Omega$, and $\alpha$, $\beta$ are distinct points of $\Omega$. Does there exist an…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Peter Müller

Let $G$ be a finite primitive permutation group on a set $\Omega$ and recall that the fixed point ratio of an element $x \in G$, denoted ${\rm fpr}(x)$, is the proportion of points in $\Omega$ fixed by $x$. Fixed point ratios in this…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-09 Timothy C. Burness , Robert M. Guralnick

The sets of primitive, quasiprimitive, and innately transitive permutation groups may each be regarded as the building blocks of finite transitive permutation groups, and are analogues of composition factors for abstract finite groups. This…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-20 Anton A. Baykalov , Alice Devillers , Cheryl E. Praeger

Let $\Omega$ be a set of cardinality $n$, $G$ a permutation group on $\Omega$, and $f:\Omega\to\Omega$ a map which is not a permutation. We say that $G$ \emph{synchronizes} $f$ if the transformation semigroup $\langle G,f\rangle$ contains a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-05-16 João Araújo , Wolfram Bentz , Peter J. Cameron , Gordon Royle , Artur Schaefer

Let $G$ be a finite non-regular primitive permutation group on a set $\Omega$ with point stabiliser $G_{\alpha}$. Then $G$ is said to be extremely primitive if $G_{\alpha}$ acts primitively on each of its orbits in $\Omega \setminus…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-17 Timothy C. Burness , Melissa Lee

Let $G\leqslant\mathrm{Sym}(\Omega)$ be a finite transitive permutation group with point stabiliser $H$. We say that a subgroup $K$ of $G$ is a fixer if every element of $K$ has fixed points, and we say that $K$ is large if $|K| \geqslant…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Hong Yi Huang , Cai Heng Li , Yi Lin Xie

Let $G$ be a finite transitive group on a set $\Omega$, let $\alpha\in \Omega$ and let $G_\alpha$ be the stabilizer of the point $\alpha$ in $G$. In this paper, we are interested in the proportion $$\frac{|\{\omega\in \Omega\mid \omega…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-29 Pablo Spiga

Let $G$ be a nontrivial transitive permutation group on a finite set $\Omega$. An element of $G$ is said to be a derangement if it has no fixed points on $\Omega$. From the orbit counting lemma, it follows that $G$ contains a derangement,…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-12-09 Timothy C. Burness , Emily V. Hall

A base for a permutation group $G$ acting on a set $\Omega$ is a subset $\mathcal{B}$ of $\Omega$ such that the pointwise stabiliser $G_{(\mathcal{B})}$ is trivial. Let $n$ and $r$ be positive integers with $n>2r$. The symmetric and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-09 Coen del Valle , Colva M. Roney-Dougal

In this paper we compute the rank and exhibit a presentation for the monoids of all $P$-stable and $P$-order preserving partial permutations on a finite set $\Omega$, with $P$ an ordered uniform partition of $\Omega$. These (inverse)…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-05-29 Rita Caneco , Vítor H. Fernandes , Teresa M. Quinteiro

Let $G\leqslant {\rm Sym}(\Omega)$ be a finite transitive permutation group with point stabiliser $H$. A base for $G$ is a subset of $\Omega$ whose pointwise stabiliser is trivial, and the minimal cardinality of a base is called the base…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Marina Anagnostopoulou-Merkouri

Let $G$ be a permutation group on a set $\Omega$. A subset of $\Omega$ is a base for $G$ if its pointwise stabiliser in $G$ is trivial. In this paper we introduce and study an associated graph $\Sigma(G)$, which we call the Saxl graph of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-19 Timothy C. Burness , Michael Giudici

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