Project Details
Hyperbolic groups acting sharply 2- or 3-transitively and the Burnside problem (C04)
Subject Area
Mathematics
Term
since 2020
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 427320536
Until recent 'free' constructions of the PI and her collaborators, the only known sharply 2- and 3-transitive permutation groups were those arising from linear transformations of the affine or projective line. We will investigate the limitations of this class of groups. The quest for sharply 2- and 3-transitive groups in positive characteristic not arising from linear transformations leads us to the Burnside problem, for which we propose a new approach yielding much lower bounds on the exponent for infinite such groups.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
Subproject of
SFB 1442:
Geometry: Deformations and Rigidity
Applicant Institution
Universität Münster
Project Head
Professorin Dr. Katrin Tent