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ON THE GENUS OF A FINITE CLASSICAL GROUP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

MARTIN W. LIEBECK
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ
CHRIS WAYMAN PURVIS
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ
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Abstract

Let G be a finite group acting faithfully and transitively on a set Ω of size m, and let E = {x1, …, xk} be a generating set for G with x1x2xk = 1. If xG has cycles of length r1, …, rl in its action on Ω, define ind (x) = [sum ]l1(ri−1). Then the genusg = g(G, Ω, E) is defined by

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The London Mathematical Society 1997

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