Zentralblatt MATH
Publications of (and about) Paul Erdös
Zbl.No: 651.20002
Autor: Beasley, L.B.; Brenner, J.L.; Erdös, Paul; Szalay, M.; Williamson, A.G.
Title: Generation of alternating groups by pairs of conjugates. (In English)
Source: Creation Math. Sci. 21, 20-23 (1988).
Review: The authors show that the proportion of conjugacy classes of the alternating group of degree n containing a pair of generators of that group approaches 1 as n approaches infinity.
Reviewer: E.F.Assmus, jun
Classif.: * 20B35 Subgroups of symmetric groups
20F05 Presentations of groups
20P05 Probability methods in group theory
Keywords: proportion of conjugacy classes; alternating group; pair of generators
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