On the probability that a group element is \(p\)-singular

DOI10.1006/jabr.1995.1238zbMath0835.20006MaRDI QIDQ1899090

I. M. Isaacs, Nicolas Spaltenstein, William M. Kantor

Publication date: 10 April 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1995.1238

zbMATH Keywords

sporadic groups; probability; permutation groups; groups of Lie type; simple groups; almost simple groups; primitive groups; \(p\)-singular elements; sharply 2-transitive groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20D05: Finite simple groups and their classification

20B35: Subgroups of symmetric groups

20P05: Probabilistic methods in group theory

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