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arxiv: 1404.6739 · v2 · pith:LWE6C3B6new · submitted 2014-04-27 · 🧮 math.GR

Most primitive groups are full automorphism groups of edge-transitive hypergraphs

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We prove that, for a primitive permutation group G acting on a set of size n, other than the alternating group, the probability that Aut(X,Y^G) = G for a random subset Y of X, tends to 1 as n tends to infinity. So the property of the title holds for all primitive groups except the alternating groups and finitely many others. This answers a question of M. Klin. Moreover, we give an upper bound n^{1/2+\epsilon} for the minimum size of the edges in such a hypergraph. This is essentially best possible.

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