On fixity of arc-transitive graphs

The relative xity of a permutation group is the maximum proportion of the points xed by a non-trivial element of the group,and the relative xity of a graph is the relative xity of its automorphism group,viewed as a permutation group on the vertex-set of the graph.We prove in this paper that the relative xity of connected 2-arc-transitive graphs of a xed valence tends to 0 as the number of vertices grows to in nity.We prove the same result for the class of arc-transitive graphs of a xed prime valence,and more generally,for any class of arc-transitive locally-L graphs,where L is a xed quasiprimitive graph-restrictive permutation group.