Sharply 2-transitive groups with point stabilizer of exponent 3 or 6

Peter Mayr

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Abstract

Using the fact that all groups of exponent $3$ are nilpotent, we show that every sharply $2$-transitive permutation group whose point stabilizer has exponent $3$ or $6$ is finite.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9-13
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume134
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006

Fields of science

  • 101 Mathematics
  • 101001 Algebra
  • 101005 Computer algebra
  • 101013 Mathematical logic
  • 102031 Theoretical computer science

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