Word Maps in Finite Simple Groups

DOI10.1007/S00013-019-01364-ZMaRDI QIDQ6311974arXivWikidataFDO

Authors William Cocke, Meng-Che Ho

Publication date 3 January 2019

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S00013-019-01364-Z

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10)

arXiv classification

math.GR

Abstract: Elements of the free group define interesting maps, known as word maps, on groups. It was previously observed by Lubotzky that every subset of a finite simple group that is closed under endomorphisms occurs as the image of some word map. We improve upon this result by showing that the word in question can be chosen to be in any $v(extbf{F}_n)$ provided that $v$ is not a law on the finite simple group in question. In addition, we provide an example of a word $w$ that witnesses the chirality of the Mathieu group $M_{11}$. The paper concludes by demonstrating that not every subset of a group closed under endomorphisms occurs as the image of a word map.

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