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If d(“G/H”) < d(G) = 2, must H contain a primitive element?
Let $G$ be a finite group that can be generated by $2$ elements, and let $H \leq G$ be a (not necessarily normal) subgroup for which there exists some $g \in G$ such that $H \langle g\rangle = G$. ...
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Special sets of involutions generating ${\rm S}_n$
For which positive integers $k$ and $r$ are there involutions $g_{n,i} \in {\rm S}_n$
$(n \in \mathbb{N}, \ i = 1, \dots, k)$ such that the following hold?:
for any $n$, the $g_{n,i}$ $(i = 1, ...
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Covering a set with images of a transversal
Let $G$ be a permutation group on a finite set $\Omega$ with orbits $\Omega_1,\ldots,\Omega_k$.
By a transversal we mean a set $\lbrace\omega_1,\ldots,\omega_k\rbrace$ with $\omega_j\in\Omega_j$ for ...
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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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Generalization of a property of $A_n; n\geq 5$
Let $H$ and $K$ be two proper non-trivial subgroups of the
alternating group $A_n; n\geq 5$.
Then there exists a maximal subgroup $M$ of $A_n$
such that $H\not\leq M$ and $K\not\leq M$.
To see this
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Vertex-primitive graphs with two vertices having almost the same neighbourhood
Hypothesis: Let $\Gamma$ be a vertex-primitive graph with two vertices $u$ and $v$ such that $$|N(u) \cap N(v)|=|N(v)|-1$$
Question: Is it true that $\Gamma$ must either be a complete graph or have ...
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Does Schur's Lemma hold in this case? Regular representations of $S_n$ over $\mathbb R$
Warning I am a physicist and I am not familiar with a lot of the machinary of representation theory.
I consider the regular representation of $\mathbb S_n$ over reals $\mathbb R$ ($\mathbb R \mathbb ...
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Center of one-point stabilizer in 2-transitive groups
In this MO question it was mentioned that the following fact seems to be true:
If $G$ is doubly transitive on $X$ and the one-point stabilizer $G_x$ has a
non-trivial center, then $G$ is of ...
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Minimum word length for an unusual set of generators of the symmetric group
Problem. Let $n\geq 2$ and let $T$ be the set of all permutations in $S_n$ of the form
$$t_k:=\prod_{1\leq i\leq k/2}(i,k-i) \qquad \hbox{for $k=3,4,\ldots,n+1$}.$$
Find the least integer ...
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Classification of indecomposable inclusions $(H \subset G)$ with $G$ decomposable
Definition: A group $G$ is indecomposable if: $G = G_1 \times G_2 \Rightarrow \exists i \ G_i = 1$.
We can generalize the notion of indecomposable from groups to inclusion of groups as ...
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Uniqueness of the direct product decomposition of inclusions of finite groups
This post is a generalization of Uniqueness of the direct product decomposition of finite groups.
Here we look inclusions of finite groups $(H \subset G)$ instead of just finite groups.
Definition: ...
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What's the ratio of inclusions of finite groups with a distributive lattice?
Definition: Two inclusions of finite groups are equivalent, $(A \subset B) \sim (C \subset D)$, if: $(A/A_B \subset B/A_B) \simeq (C/C_D \subset D/C_D)$ with $A_B$ the normal core of $A$ in $B$.
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Generalization of Frobenius groups
Frobenius group is a transitive permutation group on a finite set, such that no non-trivial element fixes more than one point and some non-trivial element fixes a point.
In other words, if in a ...
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When is the product of two permutations cyclic?
Call a subset $H \subset S_n$ "simple" if for every $q \in S_n$, there is some $p \in H$ such that $pq$ is cyclic (i.e. consists of a single cycle of length $n$).
Is there some characterization known ...
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Does this class of groups contain finitely generated infinite periodic groups?
Let $r(m)$ denote the residue class $r+m\mathbb{Z}$, where $0 \leq r < m$.
Given disjoint residue classes $r_1(m_1)$ and $r_2(m_2)$, let the class transposition
$\tau_{r_1(m_1),r_2(m_2)}$ be the ...
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When is $S_n \times S_m$ a subgroup of $S_p$?
I asked the following question on math.stackexchange several months ago:
Let $n,m,p>1$ be such that $S_n \times S_m \hookrightarrow S_p$. Does it imply that $p \geq n+m$?
Derek Holt gave a ...
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Question about doubly transitive groups with an n-cycle
Let $G$ be a doubly transitive subgroup of $S_n$ which contains an $n$-cycle, and let $G_{12}$ be the subgroup of $G$ consisting of all elements $g\in G$ for which $g(1)=1$ and $g(2)=2$. Then ...
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Orbits of stabilizer of two points in a 2-transitive permutation group
I was doing something which needs to know sizes of all orbits of the stabilizer of two points in a 2-transitive permutation group. Since all 2-transitive permutation groups are known ans so are their ...
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Primitive, non-2-transitive groups with very large orbitals?
Let $G$ be a transitive permutation group on a set $X$ with $n$ elements. Assume that $G$ is primitive, i.e., $G$ preserves no non-trivial partition of $X$. Assume as well that $G$ is not ...
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Double coset relation for unique intermediate subgroup (with homogeneity)
Let $G$ be a group and $H$ a subgroup such that there is a unique (non-trivial) intermediate subgroup $K$ (i.e. $H < S < G$ implies $S=K$) and $(H \subset K) \sim (K \subset G)$ (homogeneity) ...
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A section from subfactors to transitive groups
A finite group-subgroup subfactor is a subfactor $(N \subset M)$ isomorphic to $(R^G \subset R^H)$ with $(H \subset G)$ an inclusion of finite groups acting as outer automorphism on the hyperfinite ...
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Permutation groups transitive on partitions into ordered pairs
The following came up in a problem on graph reconstruction. It isn't very important, but I thought some people here might find it interesting and not too trivial (I'm not a group theorist).
Take a ...
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Largest permutation groups without “non-mixing” subgroups
We say that a subgroup of ${\rm Sym}(\mathbb{N})$ has sparse orbit representatives
if it has infinitely many orbits on $\mathbb{N}$, but the set of smallest orbit
representatives has natural density 0 ...
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Does O'Nan-Scott depend on CFSG?
My question is in the title. Some context: there are two versions of the O'Nan-Scott theorem. The first, weaker version, is due to O'Nan and Scott (independently) and gives the structure of the ...
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Permutation Group Question
A question about permutation groups: I wonder if someone
who is expert in permutation group theory could answer the
following question.
Let $x \in S_n$ (the symmetric group) be an involution which
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Doubly primitive groups with simple socle
The classification of doubly transitive groups with simple socle is
known. A good account of such classification can be found for example
in this paper:
Cameron, Peter J. Finite permutation groups ...
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How hard is it to compute the diameter and the growth function of a finite permutation group of small degree?
Let $G \leq {\rm S}_n$ be a finite permutation group, and let
$S = \{g_1, \dots, g_k\}$ be a generating set for $G$ which is closed
under inversion and which does not contain the identity.
The growth ...
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Equivalence relations not associated with a group
This is a vague question; so vague that I wonder if anyone will get it. Many, perhaps most, equivalence relations that are regularly used in mathematics correspond to the orbits of some group action ...
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Palfy's theorem for nilpotent groups?
P. P. Palfy proved that a primitive solvable subgroup of $S_n$ has order bounded by $24^{-1/3} n^{3.24399\dots}$ (in: Pálfy, P. P.
A polynomial bound for the orders of primitive solvable groups.
J. ...
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Permutations with all cycles odd
I have recently needed to compute the number of permutations in $S_n$ with all cycles odd, and while this is easy using Flajolet-Sedgewick theory (the exponential generating function seems to be ...
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Group with 2 orbits on the nonnegative integers — description of the orbits
Definition: Let $r(m)$ denote the residue class $r+m\mathbb{Z}$,
where $0 \leq r < m$. Given disjoint residue classes $r_1(m_1)$ and $r_2(m_2)$,
let the class transposition ...
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Transitive subgroup of $S_p$ containing a $p$-cycle and a double transposition
Let $p$ be a prime other than 5 or 7. Are $A_p$ and $S_p$ the only subgroups of $S_p$ that contains a $p$-cycle and a double transposition?
As for $p = 5$, the dihedral group $D_{10}$ contains a ...
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Transformation terminology question
Given a transformation $t$ from the transformation semigroup $T_{n}$, if you take powers of $t$ under composition you get a length $s$ stem followed by a cycle. Permutations by definition have a ...
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Possible orders of products of 2 involutions which interchange disjoint residue classes of the integers
Definition / Question
Definition: Let $r(m)$ denote the residue class $r+m\mathbb{Z}$, where
$0 \leq r < m$.
Given disjoint residue classes $r_1(m_1)$ and $r_2(m_2)$, let the class transposition
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Permutations of prescribed cycle types that multiply to the identity
Suppose that $\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\lambda_3$ are partititions of $n$. When do there exist permutations $\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3 \in S_n$ such that
(1) $\sigma_1\sigma_2\sigma_3$ is the identity;
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the symmetric group $S_{2^{r−1}}$
Is there any routine technique to find a set of permutations which generate a Sylow 2-subgroup of the symmetric group $S_{2^{r−1}}$?
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automorphisms of graphs and finite permutation groups
I am interested in automorphisms of graphs and in using tools from permutation groups (especially such as in Wielandt's text on finite permutation groups, which I have been studying). What are some ...
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Information about permutation character from local action
Let $G$ be a finite permutation group acting transitively, but not regularly, on a set $V$. Let $H$ be the stabilizer of some point $v\in V$, and suppose that $H$ acts 2-transitively on one of its ...
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Permutation character of the symmetric group on subsets of certain size
The symmetric group $S_n$ acts on $[n]:=\{1,\ldots,n\}$, thereby inducing an action on the set $$\wp_k(n)=\{\: A\subseteq[n] \::\: \#A=k \:\}$$ of subsets of cardinality $k$, simply by $$(g,A)\mapsto ...
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Classification of generously transitive groups
A permutation group $G \lt S_n$ is called generously transitive, if for each $i,j$ there exists a permutation that interchanges them. Is there a reasonable classification of such (finite) groups?
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Is there any relation between automorphism group of a Cayley graph over a group and over its subgroup?
Let $\Gamma=Cay(G,S)$ be a Cayley graph over a group $G$, $H$ be a proper subgroup of $G$ and $\Sigma=Cay(H,T)$ where $S$ and $T$ are inversed-closed subsets of $G$ and $H$ not containing idendity, ...
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Maximal order of a metacyclic transitive permutation group of degree $n$
What is the maximal order $f(n)$ of a metacyclic (metacyclic group is the extension of a cyclic group by a cyclic group) transitive permutation group of degree $n$? It can be easily proved that ...
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simply primitive permutation groups of degree $2p^2$
I know that the only simply primitive permutation groups of degree $2p$, where $p$ is an odd prime, are $A_5$ and $S_5$. I want to know that: Is there a complete list of simply primitive permutation ...
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Order of products of elements in symmetric groups
Let $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Is it true that for any $a, b, c \in \mathbb{N}$ satisfying
$1 < a, b, c \leq n-2$ the symmetric group ${\rm S}_n$ has elements of order $a$ and $b$
whose product has order ...
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automorphism group of orbital graphs
Let $G$ be a transitive group on $\Omega$. Every orbits of $G$ on its natural action on $\Omega\times\Omega$ is called an orbital of $G$ on $\Omega$. For each orbital $\Delta$ of $G$ on $\Omega$, the ...
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Permuting Racked Pool Balls with a Single Break
Given reasonable physical assumptions (on friction, collisions, etc.), would it be possible to "break" in a pool game such that when all the balls come to rest, the only difference is that the racked ...
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simple graphs of degree 16 with a semiregular normal subgroup isomorphic to the quaternion group $Q_8$
Is there any simple graph $\Gamma$ with 16 vertices with full automorphism group $G$ such that $H\cong Q_8$ be a semiregular normal subgroup of $G$?
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vertex-transitive graphs of order 10 with full automorphism group $A_5$ or $S_5$.
By a well-known result we know that a simply primitive permutation group of degree $2p$ where $p$ is a prime is $A_5$ or $S_5$ acting on 2-subsets of $\{1,\ldots,5\}$. The group has rank 3 and the ...
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imprimitive 2-blocks in connected Cayley (di)graphs of order twice a prime
Let $\Gamma=Cay(G,S)$ be a connected Cayley (di)graph over a group of order twice a prime and $\Sigma$ be a complete system of 2-blocks for $Aut(\Gamma)$. Let $K$ be the kernel of the action of ...
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A conjecture on Zassenhaus groups
In a 1995 paper by Ali Nesin, "Permutation groups of finite Morley rank", the following conjecture is mentioned:
Conjecture 5 An infinite Zassenhaus group $G$ of finite Morley rank is isomorphic ...
