Normal coverings and pairwise generation of finite alternating and symmetric groups.

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2013.05.017zbMath1295.20002arXiv1211.2559OpenAlexW2594557349WikidataQ56987505 ScholiaQ56987505MaRDI QIDQ2437948

Daniela Bubboloni, Pablo Spiga, Cheryl E. Praeger

Publication date: 10 March 2014

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.2559

zbMATH Keywords

conjugacy classessymmetric groupsalternating groupscoverings of groupsnormal covering numberspairwise generations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Symmetric groups (20B30) Subgroups of symmetric groups (20B35)

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Uses Software

• Magma

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