Let G be a finite group with Sylow 2-subgroup P 6 G. Navarro–Tiep–Vallejo have conjectured that the principal 2-block of NG(P) contains exactly one irreducible Brauer character if and only if all odd-degree ordinary irreducible characters in the principal 2-block of G are fixed by a certain Galois automorphism σ. By recent work of Navarro–Vallejo it suffices to show this conjecture holds for al...

In this paper we prove that there cannot be a biplane admitting a primitive, flagtransitive automorphism group of almost simple type, with alternating or sporadic socle.

The G-module structure of the cohomology groups of line bundles over the flag variety G/B for a semisimple algebraic group G is studied. It is proved that, generically, their socle filtrations satisfy the same sum formula as Andersen’s filtrations if Lusztig’s conjecture is true. Another purpose of this paper is to calculate the socle series of the H0’s for the p-regular weights close to a cham...

let $g$ be an automorphism group of a‎ ‎$2$-$(v,k,4)$ symmetric design $mathcal d$‎. ‎in this paper‎, ‎we‎ ‎prove that if $g$ is flag-transitive point-primitive‎, ‎then the‎ ‎socle of $g$ cannot be an exceptional group of lie type‎.

The web has evolved from a technological platform to a real social milieu thereby becoming a continuous source of Big Social Data (BSD). BSD is characterized by a combination of factual content such as the coordinates of a restaurant, the content of a webpage or the title of a movie, behavior data such as exchanges between social relationships, as well as subjective data such as users’ opinions...

The main aim of this article is to study (v,k,λ)-symmetric designs admitting a flag-transitive and point-primitive automorphism group G whose socle is PSL(3,q). We indeed show that the only possible design satisfying these conditions is a Desarguesian projective plane PG(2,q) and G > PSL(3,q).