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Large totally symmetric sets

Noah Caplinger
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A totally symmetric set is a subset of a group such that every permutation of the subset can be realized by conjugation in the group. The (non-)existence of large totally symmetric sets obstruct homomorphisms, so bounds on the sizes of totally symmetric sets are of particular use. In this paper, we prove that if a group has a totally symmetric set of size $k$, it must have order at least $(k+1)!$. We also show that with three exceptions, $\{(1 \; i)\mid i = 2,\ldots,n\} \subset S_n$ is the only totally symmetric set making this bound sharp; it is thus the largest totally symmetric set relative to the size of the ambient group.

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Noah Caplinger. 2022-08-18. Large totally symmetric sets. https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.09050

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