On the Sims Conjecture and Distance Transitive Graphs

DOI10.1112/blms/15.5.499zbMath0536.20003OpenAlexW1987523278WikidataQ56988405 ScholiaQ56988405MaRDI QIDQ3320577

Cheryl E. Praeger, Jan Saxl, Gary M. Seitz, Peter J. Cameron

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1112/blms/15.5.499

zbMATH Keywords

primitive permutation groupspoint stabilizerclassification theorem for finite simple groupsfinite connected distance transitive graphsgroups with simple soclesvertex primitive automorphism groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Paths and cycles (05C38) Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Primitive groups (20B15) General theory for finite permutation groups (20B05)

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