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Sylow subgroups of transitive permutation groups II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Cheryl E. Praeger
Cheryl E. Praeger
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, 6009.
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Abstract

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Let G be a transitive permutation group on a finite set of n points, and let P be a Sylow p-subgroup of G for some prime p dividing |G|. We are concerned with finding a bound for the number f of points of the set fixed by P. Of all the orbits of P of length greater than one, suppose that the ones of minimal length have length q, and suppose that there are k orbits of P of length q. We show that f ≦ kp − ip(n), where ip(n) is the integer satisfying 1 ≦ ip(n) ≦ p and n + ip(n) ≡ 0(mod p). This is a generalisation of a bound found by Marcel Herzog and the author, and this new bound is better whenever P has an orbit of length greater than the minimal length q.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , May 1977 , pp. 329 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1977

References

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