%0 Journal Article %T Rank 3 permutation characters and maximal subgroups %A Hung P. Tong-Viet %J Mathematics %D 2009 %I arXiv %R 10.1515/FORM.2011.106 %X In this paper we classify all maximal subgroups M of a nearly simple primitive rank 3 group G of type L=Omega_{2m+1}(3), m > 3; acting on an L-orbit E of non-singular points of the natural module for L such that 1_P^G <=1_M^G where P is a stabilizer of a point in E. This result has an application to the study of minimal genera of algebraic curves which admit group actions. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.0873v2