Finite permutation groups with quasi-semiregular elements

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Autores principales: Giudici, Michael, Morgan, Luke, Praeger, Cheryl E.
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Publicado: 2025
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author Giudici, Michael
Morgan, Luke
Praeger, Cheryl E.
author_facet Giudici, Michael
Morgan, Luke
Praeger, Cheryl E.
contents A quasi-semiregular element in a permutation group is an element that has a unique fixed point and acts semiregularly on the remaining points. Such elements were first studied in the context of automorphisms of graphs and occur naturally in many families of permutation groups, such as Frobenius and Zassenhaus groups. They also arise in the context of groups with a strongly $p$-embedded subgroup. We investigate the question of which finite permutation groups contain quasi-semiregular elements, with particular attention to the primitive permutation groups. We determine the O'Nan-Scott types of primitive groups that can contain quasi-semiregular elements and reduce the question to the affine and almost simple cases. In the almost simple case, we obtain a complete classification when the socle is alternating or sporadic.
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spellingShingle Finite permutation groups with quasi-semiregular elements
Giudici, Michael
Morgan, Luke
Praeger, Cheryl E.
Group Theory
A quasi-semiregular element in a permutation group is an element that has a unique fixed point and acts semiregularly on the remaining points. Such elements were first studied in the context of automorphisms of graphs and occur naturally in many families of permutation groups, such as Frobenius and Zassenhaus groups. They also arise in the context of groups with a strongly $p$-embedded subgroup. We investigate the question of which finite permutation groups contain quasi-semiregular elements, with particular attention to the primitive permutation groups. We determine the O'Nan-Scott types of primitive groups that can contain quasi-semiregular elements and reduce the question to the affine and almost simple cases. In the almost simple case, we obtain a complete classification when the socle is alternating or sporadic.
title Finite permutation groups with quasi-semiregular elements
topic Group Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12866