Generation of finite almost simple groups by conjugates.

DOI10.1016/S0021-8693(03)00182-0zbMath1037.20016OpenAlexW2038231758MaRDI QIDQ1415350

Jan Saxl, Robert M. Guralnick

Publication date: 3 December 2003

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-8693(03)00182-0

zbMATH Keywords

classical groupsnumbers of generatorsgroups of Lie typeexceptional groupsfinite almost simple groupsFitting subgroup

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06)

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