Minimal covers of \(S_ n\) by Abelian subgroups and maximal subsets of pairwise noncommuting elements

DOI10.1016/0097-3165(88)90057-XzbMath0666.20012MaRDI QIDQ1117036

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

symmetric group; finite group; cover by abelian subgroups; noncommuting elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20D60: Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups

20D30: Series and lattices of subgroups

11N45: Asymptotic results on counting functions for algebraic and topological structures

20B35: Subgroups of symmetric groups