An Approximate Probability Distribution for the order of Elements of the Symmetric Group

DOI10.1112/blms/12.1.41zbMath0436.20001OpenAlexW1995774604WikidataQ105698295 ScholiaQ105698295MaRDI QIDQ3876107

John D. Bovey

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1112/blms/12.1.41

zbMATH Keywords

order of an elementstatistical properties of the symmetric group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetric groups (20B30) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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