The primitive derangement subgroup index conjecture

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Let GG be a primitive permutation group of degree nn, and let D(G)D(G) be the subgroup generated by the derangements in GG. A Frobenius group is a transitive permutation group whose nonidentity point stabilisers fix no point outside their stabilised point. The primitive derangement index conjecture. If GG is not a Frobenius group, then

∣G:D(G)∣⩽n−1;|G:D(G)|\leqslant\sqrt{n}-1;

moreover, this bound is attained only if GG is an affine group. The bound is proved for non-affine primitive groups, while the remaining case reduces to primitive affine groups.

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R. A. Bailey, Peter J. Cameron, Michael Giudici and Gordon F. Royle, “Groups generated by derangements”, arXiv:2004.01950 (2020).

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