The symmetric genus of alternating and symmetric groups (Q798756)

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The symmetric genus of alternating and symmetric groups
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    The symmetric genus of alternating and symmetric groups (English)
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    The symmetric genus of a finite group G has been defined by Thomas W. Tucker as the smallest genus of all surfaces on which G acts faithfully as a group of automorphisms (some of which may reverse the orientation of the surface). This note announces the symmetric genus of all finite alternating and symmetric groups.
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    genus of surfaces
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    group of automorphisms
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    symmetric genus
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    symmetric groups
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