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Transitive Extensions of a Class of Doubly Transitive Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Michio Suzuki
Michio Suzuki*
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University of Illinois
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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.

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Research Article
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Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , February 1966 , pp. 159 - 169
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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1966

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