Abstract
The covering number of a group G is the smallest integer k, such that Ck=G for all nonidentity conjugacy classes C of G. If no such integer exists, the covering number is defined to be ω, the smallest infinite ordinal. In this article the frequency of groups with covering number equal to two is studied. While such finite groups are rare, there are many natural examples of such infinite groups.
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- Finite Group
- Conjugacy Class
- Simple Group
- Chevalley Group
- Character Table
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The first author was supported by the Israel National Academy of Science. The second author’s research was supported by the Promotion of Research at the Technion.
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Arad, Z., Chillag, D., Moran, G. (1985). Groups with a small covering number. In: Arad, Z., Herzog, M. (eds) Products of Conjugacy Classes in Groups. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072289
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