The Waring problem for finite simple groups.

DOI10.4007/annals.2011.174.3.10zbMath1283.20008OpenAlexW2059314328MaRDI QIDQ661927

Aner Shalev, Pham Hũ'u Tiêp, Michael J. Larsen

Publication date: 11 February 2012

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4007/annals.2011.174.3.10

zbMATH Keywords

charactersfinite simple groupsfinite groups of Lie typeWaring problemproducts of conjugacy classesword maps

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) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Waring's problem and variants (11P05) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Representations of finite groups of Lie type (20C33)

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