The exponent of finite groups (Q1924942)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 938569
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The exponent of finite groups
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 938569

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    The exponent of finite groups (English)
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    21 January 1997
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    In this note it is proved that the exponent of an \(m\)-generated finite group divides \(n\) as soon as the probability of a random element to have order diving \(n\) is large enough. And ``large enough'' means that such probability is greater or equal than a function, depending on \(m\) and \(n\), and constructed by using the order of the biggest \(m\)-generated finite group of exponent \(n\), whose existence is known by the positive solution to the restricted Burnside problem by E. Zelmanov.
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    exponent
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    \(m\)-generated finite groups
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    probability
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