Permutations of bounded degree generate groups of polynomial diameter (Q1060843)

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    Permutations of bounded degree generate groups of polynomial diameter (English)
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    Given an arbitrary permutation h and a set of permutations generating a permutation group G, does h belong to G? This question can be answered in polynomial time on a deterministic Turing machine, but its parallel complexity is unresolved. We are concerned here with the length of a shortest expression for \(h\in G\) as a product of the permutations generating G.
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    permutation group
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