Conjecture that minimal-base cardinalities form an interval for primitive groups

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Let GG be a primitive permutation group on a domain Ω\Omega, and let M(G,Ω)\mathcal{M}(G,\Omega) denote the set of cardinalities of minimal bases of GG on Ω\Omega. Primitive interval conjecture. The set M(G,Ω)\mathcal{M}(G,\Omega) is an interval of natural numbers.

The conjecture reflects the absence of known primitive examples for which the set of minimal-base cardinalities is not an interval. It concerns the structure of minimal bases in primitive permutation groups; the source reports only computational evidence and no additional confirmation.

References

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Francesca Dalla Volta, Fabio Mastrogiacomo and Pablo Spiga, “On the cardinality of irredundant and minimal bases of finite permutation groups”, arXiv:2311.04489 (2023).

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