Block‐transitive triple systems with sporadic or alternating socle.

This paper is a contribution to the classification of all pairs (T,G) $({\mathscr{T}},G)$, where T ${\mathscr{T}}$ is a triple system and G $G$ is a block‐transitive but not flag‐transitive automorphism group of T ${\mathscr{T}}$. We prove that if the socle of G $G$ is a sporadic or alternating group, then one of the following holds: (i)T ${\mathscr{T}}$ is a TS(10,2) $TS(10,2)$ and G≅A5 $G\cong {A}_{5}$;(ii)T ${\mathscr{T}}$ is a TS(10,4) $TS(10,4)$ and G≅S5 $G\cong {S}_{5}$;(iii)T ${\mathscr{T}}$ is a TS(55,28) $TS(55,28)$ and G≅A11 $G\cong {A}_{11}$ or S11 ${S}_{11}$;(iv)T ${\mathscr{T}}$ is a TS(55,λ) $TS(55,\lambda)$ with λ∈{4,8,16} $\lambda \in \{4,8,16\}$ and G≅M11 $G\cong {M}_{11}$. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]