Sharply 2-transitive groups in characteristic 0

2016/04/02 by Rips, Eliyahu, Tent, Katrin
#FOS: Mathematics #Group Theory (math.GR)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1604.00573

Abstract

We construct sharply 2-transitive groups of characteristic 0 without non-trivial abelian normal subgroup. These groups act sharply 2-trnaisitvely by conjugation on their involutions. This answers a longstanding open question.

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