Word maps, conjugacy classes, and a noncommutative Waring-type theorem.

DOI10.4007/annals.2009.170.1383zbMath1203.20013OpenAlexW2060489837WikidataQ59541326 ScholiaQ59541326MaRDI QIDQ972565

Aner Shalev

Publication date: 20 May 2010

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://annals.math.princeton.edu/annals/2009/170-3/p08.xhtml

zbMATH Keywords

conjugacy classesfinite simple groupscharacter degreescommutatorsword maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Commutator calculus (20F12) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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