Properties of the symmetric groups Sn (n≤7) acting on unordered triples

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2012-08
Authors
Kamuti, I.N.
Kibet, S. K.
Kerich, G.
Kimutai, A.
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African Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science Research
Abstract
In this paper, we investigated some properties associated with the action of symmetric group Sn (n≤7) acting on X(3). If Gx is the stabilizer of the lengths of the orbits of Gx on X are called sub-degrees and the numbers of orbits are called ranks. Ranks and sub-degrees of symmetric groups Sn (n=1, 2, ----) acting on 2-elements subsets from the set X= (1, 2, ---, n) have been calculated by Higman (1970). He showed that the rank is 3 and the sub-degrees are. Therefore, we extend these calculations to the specific symmetric groups Sn (n≤7) acting on X (3).
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DOI: 10.5897/AJMCSR12.008
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Ranks, sub-degrees, suborbits, primitivity
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African Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science Research Vol.5(10) , pp. 173-175 , August 2012