Probabilistic and Asymptotic Aspects of Finite Simple Groups

DOI10.1007/978-1-4471-4814-2_1zbMath1288.20103OpenAlexW2955505MaRDI QIDQ2841964

Martin W. Liebeck

Publication date: 30 July 2013

Published in: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4814-2_1

zbMATH Keywords

surveyconjugacy classesmaximal subgroupsfinite simple groupsCayley graphszeta functionsrandom elementsrepresentation varietiesrandom generatorsasymptotic theory of finite groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to group theory (20-02)

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