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Groups that are transitive on all partitions of a given shape

Published: 01 September 2015 Publication History

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Let $$[n] = K_1\dot{\cup }K_2 \dot{\cup }\cdots \dot{\cup }K_r$$[n]=K1 K2 Kr be a partition of $$[n] = \{1,2,\ldots,n\}$$[n]={1,2,n} and set $$\ell _i = |K_i|$$ℓi=|Ki| for $$1\le i\le r$$1≤i≤r. Then the tuple $$P = \{K_1,K_2,\ldots,K_r\}$$P={K1,K2,Kr} is an unordered partition of $$[n]$$[n] of shape $$[\ell _1,\ldots,\ell _r]$$[ℓ1,ℓr]. Let $${{\mathcal {P}}}$$P be the set of all partitions of $$[n]$$[n] of shape $$[\ell _1,\ldots,\ell _r]$$[ℓ1,ℓr]. Given a fixed shape $$[\ell _1,\ldots,\ell _r]$$[ℓ1,ℓr], we determine all subgroups $$G\le S_n$$G≤Sn that are transitive on $${{\mathcal {P}}}$$P in the following sense: Whenever $$P = \{K_1,\ldots,K_r\}$$P={K1,Kr} and $$P' = \{K_1',\ldots,K_r'\}$$P ={K1,Kr } are partitions of $$[n]$$[n] of shape $$[\ell _1,\ldots,\ell _r]$$[ℓ1,ℓr], there exists $$g\in G$$g G such that $$g(P) = P'$$g(P)=P, that is, $$\{g(K_1),\ldots,g(K_r)\} = \{K_1',\ldots,K_r'\}$${g(K1),g(Kr)}={K1,Kr }. Moreover, for an ordered shape, we determine all subgroups of $$S_n$$Sn that are transitive on the set of all ordered partitions of the given shape. That is, with $$P$$P and $$P'$$P as above, $$g(K_i) = K_i'$$g(Ki)=Ki for $$1\le i\le r$$1≤i≤r. As an application, we determine which Johnson graphs are Cayley graphs.

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        cover image Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics: An International Journal
        Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics: An International Journal  Volume 42, Issue 2
        September 2015
        336 pages

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        United States

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        Published: 01 September 2015

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        1. Cayley graph
        2. Johnson graph
        3. Ordered partition
        4. Transitive group
        5. Unordered partition

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