Surjective word maps and Burnside's \(p^aq^b\) theorem

DOI10.1007/s00222-018-0795-zzbMath1397.20037arXiv1505.00718OpenAlexW2789259776MaRDI QIDQ1656356

Martin W. Liebeck, Aner Shalev, E. A. O'Brien, Pham Hũ'u Tiêp, Robert M. Guralnick

Publication date: 10 August 2018

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.00718

zbMATH Keywords

finite simple groupword mapsBurnside's \(p^aq^b\) theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05)

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Uses Software

• GAP
• Magma
• CHEVIE

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