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Base sizes for simple groups and a conjecture of Cameron

Base sizes for simple groups and a conjecture of Cameron
Base sizes for simple groups and a conjecture of Cameron
Let G be a permutation group on a finite set ?. A base for G is a subset B C_ ? whose pointwise stabilizer in G is trivial; we write b(G) for the smallest size of a base for G. In this paper we prove that b(G) ? if G is an almost simple group of exceptional Lie type and is a primitive faithful G-set. An important consequence of this result, when combined with other recent work, is that b(G) ? 7 for any almost simple group G in a non-standard action, proving a conjecture of Cameron. The proof is probabilistic and uses bounds on fixed point ratios.
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Burness, Timothy C.
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Liebeck, Martin W.
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Burness, Timothy C.
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Liebeck, Martin W.
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Shalev, Aner
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Burness, Timothy C., Liebeck, Martin W. and Shalev, Aner (2009) Base sizes for simple groups and a conjecture of Cameron. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 98 (3), 116-162. (doi:10.1112/plms/pdn024).

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Let G be a permutation group on a finite set ?. A base for G is a subset B C_ ? whose pointwise stabilizer in G is trivial; we write b(G) for the smallest size of a base for G. In this paper we prove that b(G) ? if G is an almost simple group of exceptional Lie type and is a primitive faithful G-set. An important consequence of this result, when combined with other recent work, is that b(G) ? 7 for any almost simple group G in a non-standard action, proving a conjecture of Cameron. The proof is probabilistic and uses bounds on fixed point ratios.

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Submitted date: 2 April 2007
Published date: 2009

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Local EPrints ID: 69937
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/69937
ISSN: 0024-6115
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Date deposited: 05 Jan 2010
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Author: Timothy C. Burness
Author: Martin W. Liebeck
Author: Aner Shalev

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