Title of article
Primitive flag-transitive generalized hexagons and octagons
Author/Authors
Schneider، نويسنده , , Csaba and Van Maldeghem، نويسنده , , Hendrik، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
20
From page
1436
To page
1455
Abstract
Suppose that an automorphism group G acts flag-transitively on a finite generalized hexagon or octagon S , and suppose that the action on both the point and line set is primitive. We show that G is an almost simple group of Lie type, that is, the socle of G is a simple Chevalley group.
Keywords
Primitive permutation groups , Generalized polygons , Flag-transitivity , OיNan–Scott Theorem , Generalized hexagons , Almost simple groups , Generalized octagons , Groups of Lie type
Journal title
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
Record number
1531347
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