The Siemons–Wagner conjecture on primitive permutation groups and subset orbit sizes
The Siemons–Wagner conjecture on primitive permutation groups and subset orbit sizes
Let be a primitive permutation group acting on a set of cardinality . For a subset , write for its orbit under . Siemons–Wagner conjecture. If there exists a -subset such that
for every -subset containing , then or . This conjecture identifies the two exceptional primitive groups whose orbit structure on - and -subsets has the stated inequality; the surrounding argument establishes the claim for the remaining families considered there, while the full assertion is left as a conjecture.
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Primary source
Paul Bradley, “A Theorem of Siemons and Wagner”, arXiv:1808.10832 (2021).
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