Most permutations power to a cycle of small prime length
Group Theory
2023-06-22 v4
Abstract
We prove that most permutations of degree have some power which is a cycle of prime length approximately . Explicitly, we show that for sufficiently large, the proportion of such elements is at least with the prime between and . The proportion of even permutations with this property is at least .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1911.12613,
title = {Most permutations power to a cycle of small prime length},
author = {S. P. Glasby and Cheryl E. Praeger and W. R. Unger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.12613},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
11 pages. Corrected some imprecise wording