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Some generalisations to infinite permutation groups of familiar results on normal subgroups of finite multiply transitive permutation groups are given, and the limits of these results are explored by means of examples.
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Cameron, P.J. Normal subgroups of infinite multiply transitive permutation groups. Combinatorica 1, 343–347 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02579455
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