The generalized Sims conjecture for finite primitive groups

Let GG be a finite primitive group acting on a set \a0Ω\a0\Omega, let αΩ\alpha\in\Omega, and let GαG_\alpha be the stabilizer of α\alpha. For a point βΩ\beta\in\Omega, write Gαβ=GαGβG_{\alpha\beta}=G_\alpha\cap G_\beta and let βGα\beta^{G_\alpha} be the suborbit of length d>1d>1. If Γ\Gamma is the corresponding orbital graph, define

Gα+[1]=δΓ+(α)Gαδ.G_{\alpha}^{+[1]}=\bigcap_{\delta\in\Gamma^+(\alpha)}G_{\alpha\delta}.

Generalized Sims conjecture. There exists a function g:NNg:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N} such that, if GG is a finite primitive group with a suborbit βGα\beta^{G_\alpha} of length d>1d>1, then either

Gαβg(Gαβ:Gα+[1]),|G_{\alpha\beta}|\leq g\left(|G_{\alpha\beta}:G_{\alpha}^{+[1]}|\right),

or GG belongs to a well-described and well-determined list of exceptions. This is proposed as a strengthening of Sims's conjecture, which bounds the order of a point stabilizer in terms of the suborbit length. A positive solution would refine the structural information about point stabilizers and arc stabilizers in finite primitive groups; the source does not give a complete resolution, although its status evidence indicates that the conjecture is resolved.

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Pablo Spiga, “A generalization of Sims conjecture for finite primitive groups and two point stabilizers in primitive groups”, arXiv:2102.13614 (2021).

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