Characteristic covering numbers of finite simple groups

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Abstract: We show that, if w1,ldots,w6 are words which are not an identity of any (non-abelian) finite simple group, then w1(G)w2(G)cdotsw6(G)=G for all (non-abelian) finite simple groups G. In particular, for every word w, either w(G)6=G for all finite simple groups, or w(G)=1 for some finite simple groups. These theorems follow from more general results we obtain on characteristic collections of finite groups and their covering numbers, which are of independent interest and have additional applications.



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