Primitive permutation groups of bounded orbital diameter
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چکیده
We give a description of infinite families of finite primitive permutation groups for which there is a uniform finite upper bound on the diameter of all orbital graphs. This is equivalent to describing families of finite permutation groups such that every ultraproduct of the family is primitive. A key result is that, in the almost simple case with socle of fixed Lie rank, apart from very specific cases, there is such a diameter bound. This is proved using recent results on the model theory of pseudofinite fields and difference fields. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 20B15 (primary), 03C60 (secondary).
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