Generating alternating and symmetric groups with two elements of fixed order

Publication date 17 February 2018

Abstract: We answer a question raised by Lanier about the possibility of generating

A_{n}

and

S_{n}

with two elements of order

k

, where

n g e q s l a n t k g e q s l a n t 3

. We show that this can always be done apart from some clear exceptions.

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