Finite simple automorphism groups of edge-transitive maps

2021/07/11 by Jones, Gareth A.
#05C10 (secondary) #20B25 (primary) #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #Group Theory (math.GR)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2107.05137

Abstract

Building on earlier results for regular maps and for orientably regular chiral maps, we classify the non-abelian finite simple groups arising as automorphism groups of maps in each of the 14 Graver-Watkins classes of edge-transitive maps.

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