A subexponential bound on the cardinality of abelian quotients in finite transitive groups

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作者
Lucchini, Andrea [1 ]
Sabatini, Luca [2 ]
Spiga, Pablo [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Matemat Pura & Applicata, Via Trieste 53, I-35121 Padua, Italy
[2] Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Matemat & Informat Ulisse Dini, Viale Morgagni 67-A, I-50134 Florence, Italy
[3] Univ Milano Bicocca, Dipartimento Matemat Pura & Applicata, Via Cozzi 55, I-20126 Milan, Italy
关键词
20B30; 20B35 (primary); PERMUTATION-GROUPS;
D O I
10.1112/blms.12532
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
We show that, for every transitive permutation group G of degree n > 2, the largest abelian quotient of G has cardinality at most 4n/log2n. This gives a positive answer to a 1989 outstanding question of Laszlo Kovacs and Cheryl Praeger.
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页码:1711 / 1716
页数:6
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