On the Automorphism Groups of Quasiprimitive Almost Simple Graphs
On the Automorphism Groups of Quasiprimitive Almost Simple Graphs
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DOI:
10.1006/jabr.1999.8020
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发表时间:
1999-12
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0.9
通讯作者:
X. Fang;G. Havas;C. Praeger
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作者:
X. Fang;G. Havas;C. Praeger
Let Gamma be a graph and let G be a subgroup of automorphisms of Gamma. Then G is said to be locally primitive on Gamma if, for each vertex upsilon, the stabilizer G(upsilon) induces a primitive group of permutations on the set of vertices adjacent to upsilon. This paper investigates pairs (Gamma, G) for which G is locally primitive on Gamma, G is an almost simple group (that is, L less than or equal to G less than or equal to Aut(L) for some nonabelian simple group L), and the simple socle L is transitive on vertices. Each such graph is a cover of a possibly smaller graph l(Gamma)over tildeg on which G is also locally primitive, and for which in addition Aut l(Gamma)over tildeg is quasiprimitive on vertices (that is, every nontrivial normal subgroup of Aut l(Gamma)over tildeg is vertex-transitive). it is proved that Aut l(Gamma)over tildeg is also an almost simple group. Tn the general case in which Aut Gamma is not quasiprimitive on vertices, we show that either every intransitive minimal normal subgroup of Aut Gamma centralizes L, or L is of Lie type and Aut Gamma involves an explicitly known same characteristic module for L. (C) 1999 Academic Press.