Topological generation of exceptional algebraic groups

DOI10.1016/j.aim.2020.107177zbMath1505.20041arXiv1909.02752OpenAlexW3016173799MaRDI QIDQ2182270

Spencer Gerhardt, Timothy C. Burness, Robert M. Guralnick

Publication date: 23 May 2020

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.02752

zbMATH Keywords

random generationtopological generationexceptional algebraic groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05) Exceptional groups (20G41)

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Covering numbers for simple algebraic groups ⋮ Closures of certain matrix varieties and applications ⋮ On the commuting probability of \(p\)-elements in a finite group ⋮ Topological generation of special linear groups

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