Random shuffles and group representations

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Publication:1058225


DOI10.1214/aop/1176993073zbMath0564.60007WikidataQ101004836 ScholiaQ101004836MaRDI QIDQ1058225

Andrew M. Odlyzko, David B. Wales, Leopold Flatto

Publication date: 1985

Published in: The Annals of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1176993073


60G50: Sums of independent random variables; random walks

20C15: Ordinary representations and characters

20C20: Modular representations and characters

60B15: Probability measures on groups or semigroups, Fourier transforms, factorization


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