Bounds on the number and sizes of conjugacy classes in finite Chevalley groups with applications to derangements

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-2012-05427-4zbMath1256.20048arXiv0902.2238OpenAlexW2064651061MaRDI QIDQ2884396

Jason Fulman, Robert M. Guralnick

Publication date: 29 May 2012

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2238

zbMATH Keywords

partitionsgenerating functionsnumbers of conjugacy classesfinite simple groupsderangementsfinite Chevalley groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Primitive groups (20B15)

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