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The Parameterized Complexity of some Permutation Group Problems (1301.0379v2)

Published 3 Jan 2013 in cs.CC, cs.DM, and math.CO

Abstract: In this paper we study the parameterized complexity of two well-known permutation group problems which are NP-complete. 1. Given a permutation group G=<S>, subgroup of $S_n$, and a parameter $k$, find a permutation $\pi$ in G such that $|{i\in [n]\mid \pi(i)\ne i}|$ is at least $k$. This generalizes the well-known NP-complete problem of finding a fixed-point free permutation in G. (this is the case when $k=n$). We show that this problem with parameter $k$ is fixed parameter tractable. In the process, we give a simple deterministic polynomial-time algorithm for finding a fixed point free element in a transitive permutation group, answering an open question of Cameron. 2. Next we consider the problem of computing a base for a permutation group G=<S>. A base for G is a subset B of $[n]$ such that the subgroup of G that fixes B pointwise is trivial. This problem is known to be NP-complete. We show that it is fixed parameter tractable for the case of cyclic permutation groups and for permutation groups of constant orbit size. For more general classes of permutation groups we do not know whether the problem is in FPT or is W[1]-hard.

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