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A NEW LOOK AT THE BURNSIDE–SCHUR THEOREM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2005

SERGEI EVDOKIMOV
Affiliation:
Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, 14th line 39, St Petersburg, 199178, [email protected]
ILIA PONOMARENKO
Affiliation:
Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg Department of V. A. Steklov Institute of Mathematics, 27, Fontanka, St Petersburg, 191023, [email protected]
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Abstract

The famous Burnside–Schur theorem states that every primitive finite permutation group containing a regular cyclic subgroup is either 2-transitive or isomorphic to a subgroup of a 1-dimensional affine group of prime degree. It is known that this theorem can be expressed as a statement on Schur rings over a finite cyclic group. Generalizing the latter, Schur rings are introduced over a finite commutative ring, and an analogue of this statement is proved for them. Also, the finite local commutative rings are characterized in permutation group terms.

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© The London Mathematical Society 2005

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