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Doubly transitive groups in which a point stabilizer has an abelian normal subgroup

Let $G$ be a finite doubly transitive group in its action on the set $X$, such that a point stabilizer $G_x$ ($x \in X$) has an abelian normal subgroup $N_x$. I have read that if $\vert N_x \vert$ is ...
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Does the hyperoctahedral group have only 3 maximal normal subgroups?

An hyperoctahedral group $G$ is the wreath product of $S_2$ and $S_n$, where $S_{n}$ is the symmetric group on $n$ letters, or in other words the semi-direct product $G=S_2^n\rtimes S_n$, w.r.t. the ...
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