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RECOGNIZING THE ALTERNATING GROUPS FROM THEIR PROBABILISTIC ZETA FUNCTION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2004
Abstract
Let $G$ be a finite group; there exists a uniquely determined Dirichlet polynomial $P_G(s)$ such that if $t \in \mathbb N$, then $P_G(t)$ gives the probability of generating $G$ with $t$ randomly chosen elements. We show that if $P_G(s)=P_{\text{Alt}(n)}(s)$, then $G/\text{Frat}\, G\cong \text{Alt}(n).$
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