Independent generating sets and geometries for symmetric groups

Peter J. Cameron; Philippe Cara

doi:10.1016/S0021-8693(02)00550-1

Independent generating sets and geometries for symmetric groups

Peter J. Cameron^*, Philippe Cara

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Julius Whiston showed that the size of an independent generating set in the symmetric group S_n is at most n - 1. We determine all sets meeting this bound. We also give some general remarks on the maximum size of an independent generating set of a group and its relationship to coset geometries for the group. In particular, we determine all coset geometries of maximum rank for the symmetric group S_n for n > 6.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	641-650
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Algebra
Volume	258
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-8693(02)00550-1
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2002

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