Mixing and generation in simple groups.

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2007.07.031zbMath1146.20057OpenAlexW2069193826MaRDI QIDQ926857

Aner Shalev

Publication date: 21 May 2008

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2007.07.031

zbMATH Keywords

conjugacy classesrandom walkscharactersfinite simple groupsrandom elementsprobabilistic methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) 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)

Related Items (12)

Products of derangements in simple permutation groups ⋮ QUASI-RANDOM PROFINITE GROUPS ⋮ Covering and growth for group subsets and representations ⋮ Products of normal subsets ⋮ Almost independence and irreducibility in simple finite and algebraic groups ⋮ Mixing, Communication Complexity and Conjectures of Gowers and Viola ⋮ Fibers of word maps and some applications. ⋮ Some remarks on global/local conjectures ⋮ Conjugacy classes, growth and complexity ⋮ The Waring problem for finite simple groups. ⋮ Words and mixing times in finite simple groups. ⋮ Interleaved Group Products

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