On the distribution of values of certain word maps.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2011.10.040zbMATH Open1258.20011arXiv1308.1286OpenAlexW2028983039MaRDI QIDQ448392FDOQ448392

Authors: Aner Shalev, Michael Larsen 

Publication date: 6 September 2012

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

Abstract: For any positive integers m and n, the word map (x,y) -> x^m y^n is almost measure preserving on large finite simple groups G.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1286

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zbMATH Keywords

finite simple groupsirreducible complex characterssubgroup growthnumbers of conjugacy classessimple algebraic groupsword mapsalmost uniform wordscommutator wordsuniform probability distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) 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) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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