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A campanological problem in group theory. II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. A. Rankin
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow

Extract

1. Let E be a finite non-null set and write (E) for the family of all permutations of E. Let be a non-null subset of (E) and write () for the subgroup of (E) generated by the members of . For any α ∈ we put

so that () is a subgroup of () and is independent of the choice of α in . We suppose that E splits into k disjoint transitivity sets (orbits) Ei(1 ≤ ik) with respect to (); thus σEi = Ei for all σ ∈ ().

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1966

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