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Generation of iterated wreath products constructed from alternating, symmetric and cyclic groups

Group Theory 2025-05-02 v2

Abstract

Let G1G_{1}, G2G_{2}, ... be a sequence of groups each of which is either an alternating group, a symmetric group or a cyclic group and construct a sequence (Wi)(W_{i}) of wreath products via W1=G1W_{1} = G_{1} and, for each i1i \geq 1, Wi+1=Gi+1wrGiW_{i+1} = G_{i+1} \operatorname{wr} G_{i} via the natural permutation action. We determine the minimum number d(Wi)d(W_{i}) of generators required for each wreath product in this sequence.

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@article{arxiv.2501.17524,
  title  = {Generation of iterated wreath products constructed from alternating, symmetric and cyclic groups},
  author = {Jiaping Lu and Martyn Quick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.17524},
  year   = {2025}
}

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16 pages, 1 figure. To appear in Internat. J. Algebra Comput