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Finding Minimal Permutation Representations of Finite Groups

Ben Elias·Lior Silberman·Ramin Takloo-Bighash
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A minimal permutation representation of a finite group G is a faithful G-set with the smallest possible size. We study the structure of such representations and show that for certain groups they may be obtained by a greedy construction. In these situations (except when central involutions intervene) all minimal permutation representations have the same set of orbit sizes. Using the same ideas we also show that if the size d(G) of a minimal faithful G-set is at least c|G| for some c>0 then d(G) = |G|/m + O(1) for an integer m, with the implied constant depending on c.

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Ben Elias, Lior Silberman, Ramin Takloo-Bighash. 2013-07-24. Finding Minimal Permutation Representations of Finite Groups. https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.4122

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