On the covering number of symmetric groups having degree divisible by six.

DOI10.1016/j.disc.2016.05.004zbMath1344.20036arXiv1410.7524MaRDI QIDQ2629265

Eric Swartz

Publication date: 5 July 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.7524

zbMATH Keywords

symmetric groups; numbers of subgroups; unions of subgroups; covering numbers; covers of groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20D60: Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups

20D30: Series and lattices of subgroups

20B30: Symmetric groups

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