A conjecture on product decompositions in simple groups
Martin W. Liebeck
Imperial College, London, UKNikolay Nikolov
University of Oxford, UKAner Shalev
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Abstract
We propose a conjecture concerning decompositions of finite simple groups as products of conjugate subgroups, and prove it for a large class of maximal subgroups.
Cite this article
Martin W. Liebeck, Nikolay Nikolov, Aner Shalev, A conjecture on product decompositions in simple groups. Groups Geom. Dyn. 4 (2010), no. 4, pp. 799–812
DOI 10.4171/GGD/107