scholarly journals Wreath decompositions of finite permutation groups

1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. G. Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Permutation Group ◽  
Wreath Product ◽  
Transitive Group ◽  
Wreath Products ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Transitive Permutation Group ◽  
Formal Definition ◽  
The Third ◽  
Product Action ◽  
Factor Decomposition

There is a familiar construction with two finite, transitive permutation groups as input and a finite, transitive permutation group, called their wreath product, as output. The corresponding ‘imprimitive wreath decomposition’ concept is the first subject of this paper. A formal definition is adopted and an overview obtained for all such decompositions of any given finite, transitive group. The result may be heuristically expressed as follows, exploiting the associative nature of the construction. Each finite transitive permutation group may be written, essentially uniquely, as the wreath product of a sequence of wreath-indecomposable groups, amid the two-factor wreath decompositions of the group are precisely those which one obtains by bracketing this many-factor decomposition.If both input groups are nontrivial, the output above is always imprimitive. A similar construction gives a primitive output, called the wreath product in product action, provided the first input group is primitive and not regular. The second subject of the paper is the ‘product action wreath decomposition’ concept dual to this. An analogue of the result stated above is established for primitive groups with nonabelian socle.Given a primitive subgroup G with non-regular socle in some symmetric group S, how many subgroups W of S which contain G and have the same socle, are wreath products in product action? The third part of the paper outlines an algorithm which reduces this count to questions about permutation groups whose degrees are very much smaller than that of G.

scholarly journals EMBEDDING PERMUTATION GROUPS INTO WREATH PRODUCTS IN PRODUCT ACTION

2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHERYL E. PRAEGER ◽  
CSABA SCHNEIDER
Keyword(s):  
Permutation Group ◽  
Wreath Product ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Wreath Products ◽  
Error Correcting Codes ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Graph Products ◽  
Product Action ◽  
Hamming Graphs

AbstractWe consider the wreath product of two permutation groups G≤Sym Γ and H≤Sym Δ as a permutation group acting on the set Π of functions from Δ to Γ. Such groups play an important role in the O’Nan–Scott theory of permutation groups and they also arise as automorphism groups of graph products and codes. Let X be a subgroup of Sym Γ≀Sym Δ. Our main result is that, in a suitable conjugate of X, the subgroup of SymΓ induced by a stabiliser of a coordinate δ∈Δ only depends on the orbit of δ under the induced action of X on Δ. Hence, if X is transitive on Δ, then X can be embedded into the wreath product of the permutation group induced by the stabiliser Xδ on Γ and the permutation group induced by X on Δ. We use this result to describe the case where X is intransitive on Δ and offer an application to error-correcting codes in Hamming graphs.

scholarly journals Transitive simple subgroups of wreath products in product action

2004 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Baddeley ◽  
Cheryl E. Praeger ◽  
Csaba Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Symmetric Group ◽  
Wreath Product ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Wreath Products ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Simple Permutation ◽  
Product Action ◽  
Simple Subgroup ◽  
Finite Symmetric Group

AbstractA transitive simple subgroup of a finite symmetric group is very rarely contained in a full wreath product in product action. All such simple permutation groups are determined in this paper. This remarkable conclusion is reached after a definition and detailed examination of ‘Cartesian decompositions’ of the permuted set, relating them to certain ‘Cartesian systems of subgroups’. These concepts, and the bijective connections between them, are explored in greater generality, with specific future applications in mind.

scholarly journals Base sizes of primitive permutation groups

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariapia Moscatiello ◽  
Colva M. Roney-Dougal
Keyword(s):  
Permutation Group ◽  
Wreath Product ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Minimal Size ◽  
Mathieu Group ◽  
Natural Action ◽  
Primitive Groups ◽  
Product Action ◽  
Pointwise Stabilizer

AbstractLet G be a permutation group, acting on a set $$\varOmega $$ Ω of size n. A subset $${\mathcal {B}}$$ B of $$\varOmega $$ Ω is a base for G if the pointwise stabilizer $$G_{({\mathcal {B}})}$$ G ( B ) is trivial. Let b(G) be the minimal size of a base for G. A subgroup G of $$\mathrm {Sym}(n)$$ Sym ( n ) is large base if there exist integers m and $$r \ge 1$$ r ≥ 1 such that $${{\,\mathrm{Alt}\,}}(m)^r \unlhd G \le {{\,\mathrm{Sym}\,}}(m)\wr {{\,\mathrm{Sym}\,}}(r)$$ Alt ( m ) r ⊴ G ≤ Sym ( m ) ≀ Sym ( r ) , where the action of $${{\,\mathrm{Sym}\,}}(m)$$ Sym ( m ) is on k-element subsets of $$\{1,\dots ,m\}$$ { 1 , ⋯ , m } and the wreath product acts with product action. In this paper we prove that if G is primitive and not large base, then either G is the Mathieu group $$\mathrm {M}_{24}$$ M 24 in its natural action on 24 points, or $$b(G)\le \lceil \log n\rceil +1$$ b ( G ) ≤ ⌈ log n ⌉ + 1 . Furthermore, we show that there are infinitely many primitive groups G that are not large base for which $$b(G) > \log n + 1$$ b ( G ) > log n + 1 , so our bound is optimal.

scholarly journals Transversals in permutation groups and factorisations of complete graphs

2002 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gil Kaplan ◽  
Arieh Lev
Keyword(s):  
Permutation Group ◽  
Directed Graph ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Combinatorial Problems ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Transitive Permutation Group ◽  
Complete Graphs ◽  
Frobenius Theorem ◽  
Disjoint Cycles ◽  
Finite Set

Let G be a transitive permutation group acting on a finite set of order n. We discuss certain types of transversals for a point stabiliser A in G: free transversals and global transversals. We give sufficient conditions for the existence of such transversals, and show the connection between these transversals and combinatorial problems of decomposing the complete directed graph into edge disjoint cycles. In particular, we classify all the inner-transitive Oberwolfach factorisations of the complete directed graph. We mention also a connection to Frobenius theorem.

SELF-COMPLEMENTARY VERTEX-TRANSITIVE GRAPHS NEED NOT BE CAYLEY GRAPHS

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 653-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
CAI HENG LI ◽  
CHERYL E. PRAEGER
Keyword(s):  
Wreath Product ◽  
Cayley Graphs ◽  
Infinite Family ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
General Study ◽  
Product Action ◽  
Vertex Transitive ◽  
Vertex Transitive Graphs ◽  
Transitive Graphs

A construction is given of an infinite family of finite self-complementary, vertex-transitive graphs which are not Cayley graphs. To the authors' knowledge, these are the first known examples of such graphs. The nature of the construction was suggested by a general study of the structure of self-complementary, vertex-transitive graphs. It involves the product action of a wreath product of permutation groups.

scholarly journals On Primitive Extensions of Rank 3 of Symmetric Groups

1966 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tosiro Tsuzuku
Keyword(s):  
Permutation Group ◽  
Symmetric Groups ◽  
Transitive Group ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Minimal Set ◽  
Finite Set ◽  
Rank 2 ◽  
One To One

1. Let Ω be a finite set of arbitrary elements and let (G, Ω) be a permutation group on Ω. (This is also simply denoted by G). Two permutation groups (G, Ω) and (G, Γ) are called isomorphic if there exist an isomorphism σ of G onto H and a one to one mapping τ of Ω onto Γ such that (g(i))τ=gσ(iτ) for g ∊ G and i∊Ω. For a subset Δ of Ω, those elements of G which leave each point of Δ individually fixed form a subgroup GΔ of G which is called a stabilizer of Δ. A subset Γ of Ω is called an orbit of GΔ if Γ is a minimal set on which each element of G induces a permutation. A permutation group (G, Ω) is called a group of rank n if G is transitive on Ω and the number of orbits of a stabilizer Ga of a ∊ Ω, is n. A group of rank 2 is nothing but a doubly transitive group and there exist a few results on structure of groups of rank 3 (cf. H. Wielandt [6], D. G. Higman M).

scholarly journals On doubly transitive permutation groups of degree prime squared plus one

1977 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Chillag
Keyword(s):  
Permutation Group ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Transitive Permutation Group ◽  
Normal Extension ◽  
Stabilizer Of A Point

AbstractA doubly transitive permutation group of degreep2+ 1, pa prime, is proved to be doubly primitive forp≠ 2. We also show that if such a group is not triply transitive then either it is a normal extension ofP S L(2,p2) or the stabilizer of a point is a rank 3 group.

scholarly journals Transitive Extensions of a Class of Doubly Transitive Groups

1966 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michio Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Recent Result ◽  
Permutation Group ◽  
Unitary Group ◽  
Simple Groups ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Transitive Permutation Group ◽  
Precise Statement ◽  
Transitive Groups ◽  
Recent Theorem ◽  
Doubly Transitive Groups

1. When a permutation group G on a set Ω is given, a transitive extension G of G is defined to be a transitive permutation group on the set Γ which is a union of Ω and a new point ∞ such that the stabilizer of ∞ in G1 is isomorphic to G as a permutation group on Ω. The purpose of this paper is to prove that many known simple groups which can be represented as doubly transitive groups admit no transitive extension. Precise statement is found in Theorem 2. For example, the simple groups discovered by Ree [5] do not admit transitive extensions. Theorem 2 includes also a recent result of D. R. Hughes [3] which states that the unitary group U3(q) q>2 does not admit a transitive extension. As an application we prove a recent theorem of H. Nagao [4], which generalizes a theorem of Wielandt on the non-existence of 8-transitive permutation groups not containing the alternating groups under Schreier’s conjecture.

scholarly journals Normal subgroups of finite multiply transitive permutation groups

1974 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiichi Bannai
Keyword(s):  
Normal Subgroup ◽  
Permutation Group ◽  
Permutation Groups ◽  
Transitive Permutation Group ◽  
Normal Subgroups ◽  
Multiply Transitive

Wagner [5] and Ito [2] proved the following theorems respectively.THEOREM OF WAGNER. Let G be a triply transitive permutation group on a set Ω = {1,2, …, n}, and let n be odd and n > 4. If H is a normal subgroup (≠1) of G, then H is also triply transitive on Ω.

scholarly journals Statistics on the Multi-Colored Permutation Groups

10.37236/942 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Bagno ◽  
Ayelet Butman ◽  
David Garber
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Points ◽  
Permutation Group ◽  
Wreath Product ◽  
Fixed Number ◽  
Permutation Groups

We define an excedance number for the multi-colored permutation group i.e. the wreath product $({\Bbb Z}_{r_1} \times \cdots \times {\Bbb Z}_{r_k}) \wr S_n$ and calculate its multi-distribution with some natural parameters. We also compute the multi–distribution of the parameters exc$(\pi)$ and fix$(\pi)$ over the sets of involutions in the multi-colored permutation group. Using this, we count the number of involutions in this group having a fixed number of excedances and absolute fixed points.

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