Words and mixing times in finite simple groups.

DOI10.4171/GGD/137zbMath1245.20075MaRDI QIDQ664244

Aner Shalev, Gili Schul

Publication date: 29 February 2012

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

conjugacy classesrandom walksfinite simple groupsmixing timesword mapsgroup words

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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