The exact spread of M₂₃ is 8064.

zbMATH Open1254.20014arXiv1008.1503MaRDI QIDQ4648680FDOQ4648680

Authors: Ben Fairbairn 

Publication date: 15 November 2012

Abstract: We show that if {x1,...,x8064} is a set of distinct non-trivial elements of the sporadic simple Mathieu group M23 then there exists an element y such that {y,x_i} generates the whole group for every 0<i<8065 and that no larger set of distinct elements of M23 has this property.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.1503

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zbMATH Keywords

finite simple groupssporadic simple groupsexact spreads

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Simple groups: sporadic groups (20D08)

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