The Ore conjecture.

DOI10.4171/JEMS/220zbMath1205.20011WikidataQ105335539 ScholiaQ105335539MaRDI QIDQ983896

E. A. O'Brien, Martin W. Liebeck, Aner Shalev, Pham Hũ'u Tiêp

Publication date: 13 July 2010

Published in: Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/show_abstract.php?issn=1435-9855&vol=12&iss=4&rank=5

zbMATH Keywords

characterscommutatorsfinite nonabelian simple groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Representations of finite groups of Lie type (20C33) Commutator calculus (20F12)

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