The probability of generating finite and profinite groups

DOI10.1112/JLMS.70670MaRDI QIDQ7325021zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Scott Harper, Martyn Quick

Publication date 4 September 2026

Published in Journal of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1112/JLMS.70670

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Series and lattices of subgroups (20D30) Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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