Probabilistic and Asymptotic Aspects of Finite Simple Groups

DOI10.1007/978-1-4471-4814-2_1zbMath1288.20103MaRDI QIDQ2841964

Martin W. Liebeck

Publication date: 30 July 2013

Published in: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4814-2_1

zbMATH Keywords

survey; conjugacy classes; maximal subgroups; finite simple groups; Cayley graphs; zeta functions; random elements; representation varieties; random generators; asymptotic theory of finite groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

05C25: Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.)

20D05: Finite simple groups and their classification

20P05: Probabilistic methods in group theory

20-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to group theory

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