Generation of finite almost simple groups by conjugates.

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

Jan Saxl, Robert M. Guralnick

Publication date: 3 December 2003

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

zbMATH Keywords

classical groups; numbers of generators; groups of Lie type; exceptional groups; finite almost simple groups; Fitting subgroup

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20D06: Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type

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