Minimal normal subgroups of transitive permutation groups of square-free degree

Discrete Mathematics

Volumn 307, Issue 3-5, 2007, Pages 373-385

  Dobson, Edward ^a   Malnič, Aleksander ^b   Marušič, Dragan ^b,c   Nowitz, Lewis A ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Closed group; Semiregular automorphism; Square free degree; Transitive permutation group; Vertex transitive graph

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SEMIREGULAR AUTOMORPHISM; SQUARE FREE DEGREE; TRANSITIVE PERMUTATION GROUPS; VERTEX TRANSITIVE GRAPHS;

VECTORS;

EID: 33845883830     PISSN: 0012365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2005.09.029     Document Type: Article

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