Bounds for the probability of generating the symmetric and alternating groups.

DOI10.1007/s00013-010-0216-zzbMath1222.20003OpenAlexW2026394746MaRDI QIDQ633172

Attila Maróti, Maria Chiara Tamburini

Publication date: 31 March 2011

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-010-0216-z

zbMATH Keywords

symmetric groupsprobabilityalternating groupsrandom generationrandom permutations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Symmetric groups (20B30) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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• GAP

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