The probability of generating a finite simple group

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DOI10.1007/BF01263616zbMath0836.20068WikidataQ105335335 ScholiaQ105335335MaRDI QIDQ1900055

Aner Shalev, Martin W. Liebeck

Publication date: 16 April 1996

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01263616


20G40: Linear algebraic groups over finite fields

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

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

20P05: Probabilistic methods in group theory


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