Images of word maps in finite simple groups.

DOI10.1017/S0017089513000396MaRDI QIDQ5415966zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander Lubotzky

Publication date 19 May 2014

Published in Glasgow Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.6575

zbMATH Keywords

finite simple groupsword maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Algebraic geometry over groups; equations over groups (20F70)

Abstract: In response to questions by Kassabov, Nikolov and Shalev, we show that a given subset $A$ of a finite simple group $G$ is the image of some word map $w:GimesGoG$ if and only if (i) $A$ contains the identity and (ii) $A$ is invariant under $Aut(G)$.

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• Chirality and non-real elements in \(\mathrm{G}_2(q)\)
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