How random are word maps?

MaRDI QIDQ2809745zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Michael Larsen

Publication date 30 May 2016

zbMATH Keywords

finite simple groupsrandom sequencesword maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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