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On certain permutation representations of the Hall–Janko group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Alan R. Prince
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland, U.K.

Synopsis

Certain permutation representations of the Hall–Janko group J2 are studied. These representations are of interest in connection with the problem of whether J2 can act as astrongly irreducible collineation group of a finite projective plane.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988

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