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Suppose I have a subgroup $H$ of $S_n$ (given by generators). Does either system make it easy to find the maximal subgroup containing $H$?











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    what does maximal mean here? a maximal subgroup which happens to contain $H$ or a subgroup that is maximal among those containing $H$?
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    @JorgeFernándezHidalgo A $K$ such that $K$ is maximal in $S_n$ and contains $H.$
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    "the maximal subgroup" implies uniqueness, but there will normally be more than one. So do you want just one of them or all of them?
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$begingroup$


I am not sure that this is the right forum, but anyhow:




Suppose I have a subgroup $H$ of $S_n$ (given by generators). Does either system make it easy to find the maximal subgroup containing $H$?











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  • $begingroup$
    "the"? ${}{}{}$
    $endgroup$
    – Dustan Levenstein
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:44










  • $begingroup$
    what does maximal mean here? a maximal subgroup which happens to contain $H$ or a subgroup that is maximal among those containing $H$?
    $endgroup$
    – Jorge Fernández
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:47










  • $begingroup$
    @JorgeFernándezHidalgo A $K$ such that $K$ is maximal in $S_n$ and contains $H.$
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Rivin
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:58










  • $begingroup$
    @DustanLevenstein ?
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Rivin
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:58






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    "the maximal subgroup" implies uniqueness, but there will normally be more than one. So do you want just one of them or all of them?
    $endgroup$
    – Derek Holt
    Jan 1 '17 at 15:17














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$begingroup$


I am not sure that this is the right forum, but anyhow:




Suppose I have a subgroup $H$ of $S_n$ (given by generators). Does either system make it easy to find the maximal subgroup containing $H$?











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I am not sure that this is the right forum, but anyhow:




Suppose I have a subgroup $H$ of $S_n$ (given by generators). Does either system make it easy to find the maximal subgroup containing $H$?








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  • $begingroup$
    "the"? ${}{}{}$
    $endgroup$
    – Dustan Levenstein
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:44










  • $begingroup$
    what does maximal mean here? a maximal subgroup which happens to contain $H$ or a subgroup that is maximal among those containing $H$?
    $endgroup$
    – Jorge Fernández
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:47










  • $begingroup$
    @JorgeFernándezHidalgo A $K$ such that $K$ is maximal in $S_n$ and contains $H.$
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Rivin
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:58










  • $begingroup$
    @DustanLevenstein ?
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Rivin
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:58






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    "the maximal subgroup" implies uniqueness, but there will normally be more than one. So do you want just one of them or all of them?
    $endgroup$
    – Derek Holt
    Jan 1 '17 at 15:17


















  • $begingroup$
    "the"? ${}{}{}$
    $endgroup$
    – Dustan Levenstein
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:44










  • $begingroup$
    what does maximal mean here? a maximal subgroup which happens to contain $H$ or a subgroup that is maximal among those containing $H$?
    $endgroup$
    – Jorge Fernández
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:47










  • $begingroup$
    @JorgeFernándezHidalgo A $K$ such that $K$ is maximal in $S_n$ and contains $H.$
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Rivin
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:58










  • $begingroup$
    @DustanLevenstein ?
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Rivin
    Jan 1 '17 at 14:58






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    "the maximal subgroup" implies uniqueness, but there will normally be more than one. So do you want just one of them or all of them?
    $endgroup$
    – Derek Holt
    Jan 1 '17 at 15:17
















$begingroup$
"the"? ${}{}{}$
$endgroup$
– Dustan Levenstein
Jan 1 '17 at 14:44




$begingroup$
"the"? ${}{}{}$
$endgroup$
– Dustan Levenstein
Jan 1 '17 at 14:44












$begingroup$
what does maximal mean here? a maximal subgroup which happens to contain $H$ or a subgroup that is maximal among those containing $H$?
$endgroup$
– Jorge Fernández
Jan 1 '17 at 14:47




$begingroup$
what does maximal mean here? a maximal subgroup which happens to contain $H$ or a subgroup that is maximal among those containing $H$?
$endgroup$
– Jorge Fernández
Jan 1 '17 at 14:47












$begingroup$
@JorgeFernándezHidalgo A $K$ such that $K$ is maximal in $S_n$ and contains $H.$
$endgroup$
– Igor Rivin
Jan 1 '17 at 14:58




$begingroup$
@JorgeFernándezHidalgo A $K$ such that $K$ is maximal in $S_n$ and contains $H.$
$endgroup$
– Igor Rivin
Jan 1 '17 at 14:58












$begingroup$
@DustanLevenstein ?
$endgroup$
– Igor Rivin
Jan 1 '17 at 14:58




$begingroup$
@DustanLevenstein ?
$endgroup$
– Igor Rivin
Jan 1 '17 at 14:58




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$begingroup$
"the maximal subgroup" implies uniqueness, but there will normally be more than one. So do you want just one of them or all of them?
$endgroup$
– Derek Holt
Jan 1 '17 at 15:17




$begingroup$
"the maximal subgroup" implies uniqueness, but there will normally be more than one. So do you want just one of them or all of them?
$endgroup$
– Derek Holt
Jan 1 '17 at 15:17










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(I presume you want the maximal subgroup$color{red}{s}$ of $S_n$ containing $H$.)



You probably would have to compute at least part of the maximal subgroups (which is easy for $S_n$ if the degree is not too big) and then test conjugates of which subgroup (representative) contain $H$.



For example -- modifying the code for IntermediateSubgroups that is to be in the next release of GAP -- the following routine does this:



# ContainingMaximals(<group>,<sub>) returns all maximal subgroups of <group>
# that contain sub
ContainingMaximals:=function(G,U)
local uind,subs,incl,i,j,k,m,gens,t,c,p;
subs:=;
gens:=SmallGeneratingSet(U);
# find all maximals containing U
m:=MaximalSubgroupClassReps(G);
m:=Filtered(m,x->IndexNC(G,U) mod IndexNC(G,x)=0);
for j in m do
t:=RightTransversal(G,Normalizer(G,j)); # conjugates
for k in t do
if ForAll(gens,x->k*x/k in j) then
# U is contained in j^k
c:=j^k;
Assert(1,IsSubset(c,U));
Add(subs,c);
fi;
od;
od;
# rearrange
c:=List(subs,x->IndexNC(x,U));
p:=Sortex(c);
subs:=Permuted(subs,p);
return subs;
end;


This is not particularly clever standard code which nevertheless might be sufficient for doing a concrete example.



(I believe Magma has a variant of LowIndexSubgroups for permutation groups and that function might allow you to specify a subgroup that is to be contained, but I do not know that system enough to give details.)






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    $begingroup$

    (I presume you want the maximal subgroup$color{red}{s}$ of $S_n$ containing $H$.)



    You probably would have to compute at least part of the maximal subgroups (which is easy for $S_n$ if the degree is not too big) and then test conjugates of which subgroup (representative) contain $H$.



    For example -- modifying the code for IntermediateSubgroups that is to be in the next release of GAP -- the following routine does this:



    # ContainingMaximals(<group>,<sub>) returns all maximal subgroups of <group>
    # that contain sub
    ContainingMaximals:=function(G,U)
    local uind,subs,incl,i,j,k,m,gens,t,c,p;
    subs:=;
    gens:=SmallGeneratingSet(U);
    # find all maximals containing U
    m:=MaximalSubgroupClassReps(G);
    m:=Filtered(m,x->IndexNC(G,U) mod IndexNC(G,x)=0);
    for j in m do
    t:=RightTransversal(G,Normalizer(G,j)); # conjugates
    for k in t do
    if ForAll(gens,x->k*x/k in j) then
    # U is contained in j^k
    c:=j^k;
    Assert(1,IsSubset(c,U));
    Add(subs,c);
    fi;
    od;
    od;
    # rearrange
    c:=List(subs,x->IndexNC(x,U));
    p:=Sortex(c);
    subs:=Permuted(subs,p);
    return subs;
    end;


    This is not particularly clever standard code which nevertheless might be sufficient for doing a concrete example.



    (I believe Magma has a variant of LowIndexSubgroups for permutation groups and that function might allow you to specify a subgroup that is to be contained, but I do not know that system enough to give details.)






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      $begingroup$

      (I presume you want the maximal subgroup$color{red}{s}$ of $S_n$ containing $H$.)



      You probably would have to compute at least part of the maximal subgroups (which is easy for $S_n$ if the degree is not too big) and then test conjugates of which subgroup (representative) contain $H$.



      For example -- modifying the code for IntermediateSubgroups that is to be in the next release of GAP -- the following routine does this:



      # ContainingMaximals(<group>,<sub>) returns all maximal subgroups of <group>
      # that contain sub
      ContainingMaximals:=function(G,U)
      local uind,subs,incl,i,j,k,m,gens,t,c,p;
      subs:=;
      gens:=SmallGeneratingSet(U);
      # find all maximals containing U
      m:=MaximalSubgroupClassReps(G);
      m:=Filtered(m,x->IndexNC(G,U) mod IndexNC(G,x)=0);
      for j in m do
      t:=RightTransversal(G,Normalizer(G,j)); # conjugates
      for k in t do
      if ForAll(gens,x->k*x/k in j) then
      # U is contained in j^k
      c:=j^k;
      Assert(1,IsSubset(c,U));
      Add(subs,c);
      fi;
      od;
      od;
      # rearrange
      c:=List(subs,x->IndexNC(x,U));
      p:=Sortex(c);
      subs:=Permuted(subs,p);
      return subs;
      end;


      This is not particularly clever standard code which nevertheless might be sufficient for doing a concrete example.



      (I believe Magma has a variant of LowIndexSubgroups for permutation groups and that function might allow you to specify a subgroup that is to be contained, but I do not know that system enough to give details.)






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        $begingroup$

        (I presume you want the maximal subgroup$color{red}{s}$ of $S_n$ containing $H$.)



        You probably would have to compute at least part of the maximal subgroups (which is easy for $S_n$ if the degree is not too big) and then test conjugates of which subgroup (representative) contain $H$.



        For example -- modifying the code for IntermediateSubgroups that is to be in the next release of GAP -- the following routine does this:



        # ContainingMaximals(<group>,<sub>) returns all maximal subgroups of <group>
        # that contain sub
        ContainingMaximals:=function(G,U)
        local uind,subs,incl,i,j,k,m,gens,t,c,p;
        subs:=;
        gens:=SmallGeneratingSet(U);
        # find all maximals containing U
        m:=MaximalSubgroupClassReps(G);
        m:=Filtered(m,x->IndexNC(G,U) mod IndexNC(G,x)=0);
        for j in m do
        t:=RightTransversal(G,Normalizer(G,j)); # conjugates
        for k in t do
        if ForAll(gens,x->k*x/k in j) then
        # U is contained in j^k
        c:=j^k;
        Assert(1,IsSubset(c,U));
        Add(subs,c);
        fi;
        od;
        od;
        # rearrange
        c:=List(subs,x->IndexNC(x,U));
        p:=Sortex(c);
        subs:=Permuted(subs,p);
        return subs;
        end;


        This is not particularly clever standard code which nevertheless might be sufficient for doing a concrete example.



        (I believe Magma has a variant of LowIndexSubgroups for permutation groups and that function might allow you to specify a subgroup that is to be contained, but I do not know that system enough to give details.)






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        (I presume you want the maximal subgroup$color{red}{s}$ of $S_n$ containing $H$.)



        You probably would have to compute at least part of the maximal subgroups (which is easy for $S_n$ if the degree is not too big) and then test conjugates of which subgroup (representative) contain $H$.



        For example -- modifying the code for IntermediateSubgroups that is to be in the next release of GAP -- the following routine does this:



        # ContainingMaximals(<group>,<sub>) returns all maximal subgroups of <group>
        # that contain sub
        ContainingMaximals:=function(G,U)
        local uind,subs,incl,i,j,k,m,gens,t,c,p;
        subs:=;
        gens:=SmallGeneratingSet(U);
        # find all maximals containing U
        m:=MaximalSubgroupClassReps(G);
        m:=Filtered(m,x->IndexNC(G,U) mod IndexNC(G,x)=0);
        for j in m do
        t:=RightTransversal(G,Normalizer(G,j)); # conjugates
        for k in t do
        if ForAll(gens,x->k*x/k in j) then
        # U is contained in j^k
        c:=j^k;
        Assert(1,IsSubset(c,U));
        Add(subs,c);
        fi;
        od;
        od;
        # rearrange
        c:=List(subs,x->IndexNC(x,U));
        p:=Sortex(c);
        subs:=Permuted(subs,p);
        return subs;
        end;


        This is not particularly clever standard code which nevertheless might be sufficient for doing a concrete example.



        (I believe Magma has a variant of LowIndexSubgroups for permutation groups and that function might allow you to specify a subgroup that is to be contained, but I do not know that system enough to give details.)







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