Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4584404 | Journal of Algebra | 2015 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
We conjecture that if G is a finite primitive group and if g is an element of G, then either the element g has a cycle of length equal to its order, or for some r,mr,m and k , the group G≤Sym(m)wrSym(r)G≤Sym(m)wrSym(r), preserving a product structure of r direct copies of the natural action of Sym(m)Sym(m) or Alt(m)Alt(m) on k-sets. In this paper we reduce this conjecture to the case that G is an almost simple group with socle a classical group.
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Authors
Michael Giudici, Cheryl E. Praeger, Pablo Spiga,