Classical groups, probabilistic methods, and the \((2,3)\)-generation problem

DOI10.2307/2118584zbMath0865.20020OpenAlexW2323383486WikidataQ59541318 ScholiaQ59541318MaRDI QIDQ1924338

Martin W. Liebeck, Aner Shalev

Publication date: 27 November 1996

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2118584

zbMATH Keywords

maximal subgroupsfinite simple groupsmodular grouppairs of generatorsfinite simple classical groupsconjugate involutions\((2,3)\)-generated finite simple groupsrandomly chosen pairs of elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Maximal subgroups (20E28) Simple groups (20E32) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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