Word maps, conjugacy classes, and a noncommutative Waring-type theorem.

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2009.170.1383zbMATH Open1203.20013OpenAlexW2060489837WikidataQ59541326 ScholiaQ59541326MaRDI QIDQ972565FDOQ972565

Authors: Aner Shalev 

Publication date: 20 May 2010

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

Full work available at URL: http://annals.math.princeton.edu/annals/2009/170-3/p08.xhtml

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zbMATH Keywords

commutatorscharacter degreesconjugacy classesfinite simple groupsword maps

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) Commutator calculus (20F12) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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