An Aschbacher-O'Nan-Scott theorem for countable linear groups

JOURNAL OF ALGEBRA

卷:378

Article

Gelander, Tsachik¹  Glasner, Yair¹ 

[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Math, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel

关键词: Linear groups;    Infinite permutation groups;    Margulis-Soifer theorem;    Primitive groups;    Aschbacher-O'Nan-Scott theorem;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jalgebra.2012.11.041

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this note is to extend the classical Aschbacher-O'Nan-Scott theorem on finite groups to the class of countable linear groups. This relies on the analysis of primitive actions carried out in Gelander and Glasner (2008) [GG08]. Unlike the situation for finite groups, we show here that the number of primitive actions depends on the type: linear groups of almost simple type admit infinitely (and in fact unaccountably) many primitive actions, while affine and diagonal groups admit only one. The abundance of primitive permutation representations is particularly interesting for rigid groups such as simple and arithmetic ones. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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