Bases for Primitive Permutation Groups and a Conjecture of Babai
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A base of a permutation group G is a sequence B of points from the permutation domain such that only the identity of G fixes B pointwise. We show that primitive permutation groups with no alternating composition factors of degree greater than d and no classical composition factors of rank greater than d have a base of size bounded above by a function of d. This confirms a conjecture of Babai. Q 1998 Academic Press
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تاریخ انتشار 1998