Hurwitz generation of the universal covering of Alt(n)

DOI10.1515/JGT.2010.015zbMATH Open1208.20035arXiv1001.5125MaRDI QIDQ3060802FDOQ3060802

Authors: Marco Antonio Pellegrini, M. Chiara Tamburini 

Publication date: 10 December 2010

Published in: Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the universal covering of an alternating group Alt(n) which is Hurwitz is still Hurwitz, with 31 exceptions, 30 of which are detectable by the genus formula.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.5125

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zbMATH Keywords

alternating groupsHurwitz groupsuniversal coverings\((2,3,7)\)-generations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetric groups (20B30) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

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• Matrices and cohomology
• Generators for Alternating and Symmetric Groups
• Classical groups of large rank as Hurwitz groups.
• Some results on quotients of triangle groups
• Hurwitz Groups of Large Rank

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• On the chirality of the pseudo-Hurwitz maps with alternating and symmetric groups
• Alternating groups, Hurwitz groups and \(H^*\)-groups.

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