On transitive permutation groups with bounded movement

Let $G$ be a permutation group on a set $\Omega$. Then for each $g\in G$, we define the movement of $g$, denoted by ${\rm move}(g)$, the maximal cardinality $|\Delta^{g}\backslash \Delta|$ of $\Delta^{g}\backslash \Delta$ over all subsets $\Delta$ of $\Omega$. And the movement of $G$ is defined as the maximum of ${\rm move}(g)$ over all $g\in G$, denoted by ${\rm move}(G)$. A permutation group $G$ is said to have bounded movement if it has movement bounded by some positive integer $m$, that is ${\rm move}(G)\leq m$. In this paper, we consider the finite transitive permutation groups $G$ with movement ${\rm move}(G)=m$ for some positive integer $m>4$, where $G$ is not a $2$-group but in which every non-identity element has the movement $m$ or $m-4$, and there is at least one non-identity element that has the movement $m-4$. We give a characterization for elements of $G$ in Theorem 1.1. Further, we apply Theorem 1.1 to characterize transitive permutation group $G$ in Theorem 1.2. These results give a partial answer to the open problem posed by the authors in 2024.

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Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics
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2025-04-11
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https://doi.org/10.15672/hujms.1579866
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Finite Group Theory Research
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On transitive permutation groups with bounded movement

Linzh ng Lu, Hailin Liu
Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics
Finite Group Theory Research
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On transitive permutation groups with bounded movement

Linzh ng Lu, Hailin Liu
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Abstract

Let $G$ be a permutation group on a set $\Omega$. Then for each $g\in G$, we define the movement of $g$, denoted by ${\rm move}(g)$, the maximal cardinality $|\Delta^{g}\backslash \Delta|$ of $\Delta^{g}\backslash \Delta$ over all subsets $\Delta$ of $\Omega$. And the movement of $G$ is defined as the maximum of ${\rm move}(g)$ over all $g\in G$, denoted by ${\rm move}(G)$. A permutation group $G$ is said to have bounded movement if it has movement bounded by some positive integer $m$, that is ${\rm move}(G)\leq m$. In this paper, we consider the finite transitive permutation groups $G$ with movement ${\rm move}(G)=m$ for some positive integer $m>4$, where $G$ is not a $2$-group but in which every non-identity element has the movement $m$ or $m-4$, and there is at least one non-identity element that has the movement $m-4$. We give a characterization for elements of $G$ in Theorem 1.1. Further, we apply Theorem 1.1 to characterize transitive permutation group $G$ in Theorem 1.2. These results give a partial answer to the open problem posed by the authors in 2024.

Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and StatisticsVol. 54(6)
Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Scholarship Council
Openalex Percentile: Top 89%
Finite Group Theory Research
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